HR 9541 United States House · 118th Congress

POWER Act of 2024

The POWER Act of 2024 amends the Stafford Act to help electric utilities better prepare for and recover from disasters. It allows utilities to combine hazard mitigation (like strengthening infrastructure) with emergency power restoration efforts using disaster relief funds, rather than treating them as separate activities. It also ensures that utilities receiving emergency power restoration aid under Section 403 remain eligible for separate hazard mitigation funding under Section 406. This change directly affects electric utilities receiving federal disaster assistance for power restoration. The bill applies only to funds appropriated after its enactment date.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Sep 2024

Committee Review

Dec 2024

House Passage

Dec 2024

Senate Passage

President

Introduced Sep 11, 2024 Last action Dec 10, 2024

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What changed between versions

Introduced in House → Engrossed in House · 1 edit · Dec 9, 2024

MINOR

The changes between the Introduced and Engrossed versions of HR 9541 (POWER Act of 2024) are purely formatting and whitespace adjustments. No substantive policy, scope, funding, or eligibility changes were made.

TECHNICAL

Whitespace and line-break formatting was adjusted throughout Section 2, including adding blank lines around subsection headings and re-adding identical text for the section heading and subsection (a). No words, numbers, or policy language were altered.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Committee

Dec 10, 2024

Committee

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

upper

Dec 9, 2024

Lower · Passed

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6535)

lower

Dec 5, 2024

Lower · Passed

Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 118-808.

lower

Sep 18, 2024

Lower · Passed

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

lower

Sep 18, 2024

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged

lower

Sep 12, 2024

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

lower

Sep 11, 2024

Committee

Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

lower

Sep 11, 2024

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor