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substantiveJan 15, 2025 · House roll call · passage · Result: Passed

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — H R 164 — POWER Act

POWER Act of 2025

In plain language

- This House bill from the 119th Congress is titled the Promoting Opportunities to Widen Electrical Resilience Act of 2025, or the POWER Act of 2025. - Official subject tags are electric power generation and transmission and emergency management. - The official summary says electric utilities that receive certain emergency help to restore power could also do cost-effective hazard-mitigation work along with that restoration. - A utility getting that help for a facility could, if otherwise eligible, also get hazard-mitigation help for the same facility under the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Public Assistance program.

Official summary (Congressional Research Service)

Promoting Opportunities to Widen Electrical Resilience Act of 2025 or the POWER Act of 2025 This bill authorizes electric utilities receiving certain emergency assistance for the restoration of power to also carry out cost-effective hazard mitigation activities in combination with the power restoration activities. Additionally, the bill specifies that electric utilities receiving such assistance for a facility may, if otherwise eligible, also receive hazard mitigation assistance for the same facility under the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Public Assistance program.

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Roll-call breakdown

Yea419

Democrat: 210 · Independent: 1 · Republican: 208

Nay2

Republican: 2

Present0

Not Voting12

Democrat: 5 · Republican: 7

How each member voted (433)

Yea (419)

Nay (2)

Not Voting (12)

Party labels reflect each member’s most recent affiliation on record.