{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-164","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 164","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Promoting Opportunities to Widen Electrical Resilience Act of 2025","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize Federal agencies to provide certain essential assistance for hazard mitigation for electric utilities, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize Federal agencies to provide certain essential assistance for hazard mitigation for electric utilities, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"POWER Act of 2025"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize Federal agencies to provide certain essential assistance for hazard mitigation for electric utilities, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Promoting Opportunities to Widen Electrical Resilience Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"POWER Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Promoting Opportunities to Widen Electrical Resilience Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"POWER Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"POWER Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Promoting Opportunities to Widen Electrical Resilience Act of 2025"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-01-03","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-01-15","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h13","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"POWER Act","result":"Passed","yea":419,"nay":2,"present":0,"not_voting":12,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll013.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.","date":"2025-01-16"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-01-03","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Promoting Opportunities to Widen Electrical Resilience Act of 2025 or the POWER Act of 2025"},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"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."}],"words":79},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Stafford Act's section on essential assistance so that electric utilities may carry out hazard mitigation activities together with power restoration and stay eligible for other hazard mitigation assistance.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/164/text/eh#H723CF27C7BB84B4493C26167C9F93C95"}]},"core_areas":["Hazard mitigation by electric utilities under the Stafford Act's essential assistance provision"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Amends section 403 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act by adding a new subsection on electric utilities.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/164/text/eh#H723CF27C7BB84B4493C26167C9F93C95"}},{"text":"Allows an electric utility to carry out cost-effective hazard mitigation activities jointly or otherwise in combination with power restoration activities carried out with assistance under that section.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/164/text/eh#H723CF27C7BB84B4493C26167C9F93C95"}},{"text":"Provides that an electric utility facility receiving assistance under that section for emergency restoration of power does not become ineligible for hazard mitigation assistance under section 406 of the Act for which it is otherwise eligible.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/164/text/eh#H723CF27C7BB84B4493C26167C9F93C95"}},{"text":"Applies the amendment only to amounts appropriated on or after the date of enactment of the Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/164/text/eh#H723CF27C7BB84B4493C26167C9F93C95"}},{"text":"Provides that the Act may be cited as the \"Promoting Opportunities to Widen Electrical Resilience Act of 2025\" or the \"POWER Act of 2025\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/164/text/eh#H5CC511A1A5BF46EDA011670763F03BF7"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2025-01-15","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/164/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-29","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/164","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/164/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-164.png","v":"9349285b3a46","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 164, 119th Congress: Promoting Opportunities to Widen Electrical Resilience Act of 2025. House: 419 Yea, 2 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 15 Jan 2025."}}