# 116-hr-5541: Tribal Power Act

116-hr-5541, Tribal Power Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1] (D-AZ); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (as of 2025-11-18).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5541
- As of: 2025-11-18
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5541
- Congress: 116
- Title: Tribal Power Act
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
- Introduced: 2020-01-07
- Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1] (D-AZ)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Native Americans
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Tribal Power Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 and otherwise revises the Indian Energy Education Planning and Management Assistance Program. The program is administered by the Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs within the Department of Energy (DOE). Specifically, the bill revises the program to (1) expand the definition of Indian land to include any land in a census tract in which the majority of the residents are Alaska Natives, thereby permitting such areas to receive program grants; and (2) allow the office to reduce a tribe's cost share in order to receive a grant if certain criteria are met, including financial need. The bill also requires DOE to assess the availability and reliability of electricity for those individuals residing in tribal communities or on Indian land.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2] (R-OK), 2020-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE), 2020-01-30T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8893: Coronavirus Assistance for American Families Act
- 116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act
- 116-hr-8270: I am Vanessa Guillén Act of 2020
- 116-hr-7483: Flexible Financing for Rural America Act of 2020
- 116-hr-6788: Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act
- 116-hr-6556: Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0

## Sources
- [116-hr-5541 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5541)

## Related
- [116-hr-8893: Coronavirus Assistance for American Families Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8893)
- [116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8662)
- [116-hr-8270: I am Vanessa Guillén Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8270)
- [116-hr-7483: Flexible Financing for Rural America Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7483)
- [116-hr-6788: Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6788)
- [116-hr-6556: Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6556)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5541 (as of 2025-11-18).