1HOUSE · JAN 15, 2025
Passed the House
419–2PASSED
R 209–2 D 210–0
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll 13 · 12 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
POWER Act of 2025
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.
Sponsor: Rep. Val Hoyle D-ORWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 3, 2025
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJan 15, 2025 · 419–2
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 16, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 164.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. HOYLE of Oregon, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 1, January 3, 2025, Page H41):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress) The single subject of this legislation is: Disaster responseSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 201 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 164, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/164
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
1 recorded roll-call vote on H.R. 164. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 1 of 1 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 10094 (119th) Affordable Pricing for Taxpayer-Funded Prescription Drugs Act of 2026
- H.R. 2847 (119th) Vote at Home Act of 2025
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Related bills
- S. 1429 (119th) POWER Act of 2025Identical bill
- H.R. 4669 (119th) FEMA Act of 2025Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.