# 119-hr-164: POWER Act of 2025

119-hr-164, POWER Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4] (D-OR); status passed_house; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-164
- As of: 2026-09-21
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-164
- Congress: 119
- Title: POWER Act of 2025
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-01-03
- Sponsor: Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4] (D-OR)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Emergency Management
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Allows electric utilities to pair hazard mitigation with emergency power restoration without losing eligibility for other mitigation funds.** It amends the Stafford Act to authorize utilities to carry out cost-effective hazard mitigation when using emergency power restoration assistance. - Electric utilities: May carry out cost-effective hazard mitigation activities jointly with emergency power restoration funded under Section 403. Receiving Section 403 assistance will not make a facility ineligible for Section 406 hazard mitigation funds for which it otherwise qualifies. - Communities and customers: Integrates utility hazard mitigation with emergency restoration under the Stafford Act. The change applies only to amounts appropriated on or after the date of enactment.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Ezell, Mike [R-MS-4] (R-MS), 2025-01-03T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-01-15T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed | 419 | 2 |

## Provisions PRIA read

- Utilities can add resilience during repairs: benefit, medium. If enacted, electric utilities would be able to add cost-effective resilience upgrades while restoring power after disasters with federal help. Getting emergency restoration aid would not block a facility from separate hazard-mitigation grants it otherwise qualifies for. The mitigation work would n…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-4275: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3077: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-164 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/164)

## Related
- [119-hr-4275: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4275)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-3077: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3077)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-164 (as of 2026-09-21).