House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
FLOWS Act
Official title: To amend the Federal Power Act to address certain alterations in, and the maintenance and repair of, project works, to provide for the licensing of micro hydrokinetic energy projects, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Nicholas Langworthy R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 21, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 21, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9806.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LANGWORTHY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 119, July 21, 2026, Page H5024):Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 21, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9806, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9806
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 31, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 31, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nicholas Langworthy.
- H.R. 5517 (119th) Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act
- H.R. 4690 (119th) Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act
- H.Res. 1174 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6387) to amend the Clean Air Act to require revisions to regulations governing the review…
- H.Res. 1345 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8312) to establish fraud prevention and program integrity functions and data sharing…
- H.Res. 177 (119th) Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 42) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5…
- H.Res. 426 (119th) Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 13) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5…
Related bills
- S. 3518 (119th) FLOWS ActRelated 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.