# 115-hr-2872: Promoting Hydropower Development at Existing Nonpowered Dams Act

115-hr-2872, Promoting Hydropower Development at Existing Nonpowered Dams Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8] (R-IN); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-2872
- Congress: 115
- Title: Promoting Hydropower Development at Existing Nonpowered Dams Act
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Introduced: 2017-06-12
- Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8] (R-IN)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Energy
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Promoting Hydropower Development at Existing Nonpowered Dams Act This bill amends the Federal Power Act (FPA) to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to exempt from FPA license requirements any qualifying facility (a facility that meets criteria specified in this bill). No federal authorization required for a qualifying facility may include any condition or other requirement that results in any material change to the storage, control, withdrawal, diversion, release, or flow operations of the associated qualifying nonpowered dam. Unless FERC determines that its obligations under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for granting exemptions under this bill can be met through a categorical exclusion, its environmental review of a proposed exemption shall be only an environmental assessment.

## Related bills

- 115-hr-7206: ESOP Business Act of 2018
- 115-hr-6933: Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2018
- 115-hr-6886: HEARTS Act of 2018
- 115-hr-6793: Restore the Harmony Way Bridge Act
- 115-hr-6032: SMART IoT Act
- 115-hr-5809: Postoperative Opioid Prevention Act of 2018

## Sources
- [115-hr-2872 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2872)

## Related
- [115-hr-7206: ESOP Business Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7206)
- [115-hr-6933: Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6933)
- [115-hr-6886: HEARTS Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6886)
- [115-hr-6793: Restore the Harmony Way Bridge Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6793)
- [115-hr-6032: SMART IoT Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6032)
- [115-hr-5809: Postoperative Opioid Prevention Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5809)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-2872 (as of 2025-11-18).