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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2074
5	5	To prohibit the breaching of federally operated dams in certain circumstances,
6	6	and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	MARCH11, 2025
9	9	Mr. N
10	10	EWHOUSE(for himself, Mr. BAUMGARTNER, Mr. FULCHER, and Mr.
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12	12	ENTZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
13	13	mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Com-
14	14	mittee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined
15	15	by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
16	16	within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
17	17	A BILL
18	18	To prohibit the breaching of federally operated dams in
19	19	certain circumstances, and for other purposes.
20	20	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
21	21	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
22	22	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
23	23	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Our Water 4
24	24	Energy Resources Act’’ or the ‘‘POWER Act’’. 5
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28	28	SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON BREACHING OF FEDERALLY OP-1
29	29	ERATED DAMS. 2
30	30	(a) I
31	31	NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-3
32	32	sion of law, the Secretary of the Army may not breach 4
33	33	a federally operated dam— 5
34	34	(1) if the Secretary determines that such 6
35	35	breach— 7
36	36	(A) would result in an increase in carbon 8
37	37	emissions by more than 5 percent; 9
38	38	(B) would make the body of water im-10
39	39	pacted by the breach less navigable for commer-11
40	40	cial interests; or 12
41	41	(C) would result in increase of at least 5 13
42	42	percent of the price of any products, including 14
43	43	agricultural products, shipped via the body of 15
44	44	water impacted by the breach; or 16
45	45	(2) if the energy resource intended to replace 17
46	46	such dam as a result of such breach would occupy 18
47	47	an area of land that is larger in acreage than the 19
48	48	area occupied by such dam by at least 5 percent. 20
49	49	(b) C
50	50	ONSULTATION.—In making the determinations 21
51	51	required under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall— 22
52	52	(1) consult with the Secretary of Energy with 23
53	53	respect to the determination described in subpara-24
54	54	graph (A) of such subsection; 25
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58	58	(2) consult with the Secretary of Transpor-1
59	59	tation with respect to the determination described 2
60	60	subparagraph (B) of such subsection; 3
61	61	(3) consult with the Secretary of Agriculture 4
62	62	and the Secretary of Commerce with respect to the 5
63	63	determination described in subparagraph (C) of such 6
64	64	subsection; and 7
65	65	(4) consult with the relevant agencies in the 8
66	66	State in which the dam proposed to be breached is 9
67	67	located. 10
68	68	(c) S
69	69	TUDYREQUIRED.—If the Secretary considers 11
70	70	breaching a federally operated dam, the Secretary, in co-12
71	71	ordination with the Secretary of the Interior, shall conduct 13
72	72	a study analyzing the number of acres of land such dam 14
73	73	occupies. 15
74	74	SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON RETIREMENT OF ENERGY GEN-16
75	75	ERATION SOURCES. 17
76	76	(a) I
77	77	NGENERAL.—The Secretary shall not retire an 18
78	78	energy generation source if the retirement of that energy 19
79	79	generation source would— 20
80	80	(1) raise customer electricity rates by more 21
81	81	than 5 percent; or 22
82	82	(2) decrease energy reliability, as determined by 23
83	83	the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Adminis-24
84	84	tration, in any portion of Washington, Oregon, 25
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88	88	Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and California by more 1
89	89	than 5 percent of the energy reliability as compared 2
90	90	to the 12 month period before the retirement. 3
91	91	(b) R
92	92	EPLACEMENT OF BASELOADGENERATION.— 4
93	93	Not later than 30 days after retiring an energy generation 5
94	94	source, the Secretary shall ensure that not less than 100 6
95	95	percent of the baseload generation of the retired energy 7
96	96	generation source has been replaced. 8
97	97	(c) D
98	98	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 9
99	99	(1) B
100	100	ASELOAD GENERATION .—The term ‘‘base-10
101	101	load generation’’ means the the minimum amount of 11
102	102	electric power supplied to an electrical grid. 12
103	103	(2) E
104	104	NERGY GENERATION SOURCE .—The term 13
105	105	‘‘energy generation source’’ means a federally oper-14
106	106	ated dam that generates hydropower. 15
107	107	(3) S
108	108	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 16
109	109	means— 17
110	110	(A) the Secretary of the Interior, in ref-18
111	111	erence to an energy generation source operated 19
112	112	by the Bureau of Reclamation; and 20
113	113	(B) the Secretary of the Army, in ref-21
114	114	erence to an energy generation source operated 22
115	115	by the Army Corps of Engineers. 23
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