House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Hydropower Licensing Affordability Act
Official title: To amend the Federal Power Act to modernize the hydropower licensing process, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Cliff Bentz R-ORWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 18, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 18, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9337.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BENTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 103, June 18, 2026, Page H4126):Clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 18, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9337, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9337
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 29, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 30, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
30 cosponsors — 30 Republicans
0 of 30 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Mike Bost (R-IL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Earl Carter (R-GA), Jeff Crank (R-CO), Troy Downing (R-MT), Gabe Evans (R-CO), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), James Gallagher (R-CA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), H. Griffith (R-VA), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Jeff Hurd (R-CO), David Joyce (R-OH), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Celeste Maloy (R-UT), John McGuire (R-VA), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Gary Palmer (R-AL), August Pfluger (R-TX), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Randy Weber (R-TX), Ryan Zinke (R-MT).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 5133 (119th) Patients’ Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2025
- H.R. 1777 (119th) SECURE Notarization Act of 2025
- H.R. 5171 (119th) Pacific Northwest Gray Wolves Relief Act of 2025
- H.R. 7862 (119th) National Flood Insurance Program Clarification Act of 2026
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.