POWER Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2074 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2074 To prohibit the breaching of federally operated dams in certain circumstances, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 11, 2025 Mr. Newhouse (for himself, Mr. Baumgartner, Mr. Fulcher, and Mr. Bentz) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit the breaching of federally operated dams in certain circumstances, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Our Water Energy Resources Act'' or the ``POWER Act''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON BREACHING OF FEDERALLY OPERATED DAMS. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Army may not breach a federally operated dam-- (1) if the Secretary determines that such breach-- (A) would result in an increase in carbon emissions by more than 5 percent; (B) would make the body of water impacted by the breach less navigable for commercial interests; or (C) would result in increase of at least 5 percent of the price of any products, including agricultural products, shipped via the body of water impacted by the breach; or (2) if the energy resource intended to replace such dam as a result of such breach would occupy an area of land that is larger in acreage than the area occupied by such dam by at least 5 percent. (b) Consultation