# 119-hr-9337: Hydropower Licensing Affordability Act

119-hr-9337, Hydropower Licensing Affordability Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Bentz, Cliff [R-OR-2] (R-OR); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-30).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-9337
- Congress: 119
- Title: Hydropower Licensing Affordability Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-06-18
- Sponsor: Rep. Bentz, Cliff [R-OR-2] (R-OR)
- Cosponsors: 30
- Policy area: Energy
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-30

## Summary

**Would require hydropower licenses to include measures that reasonably mitigate direct harm to federal reservations and to fish populations in affected rivers.** It modernizes the Federal Power Act by adding explicit mitigation duties to the reservation-related license conditions in section 4(e) and to prescribed fishways in section 18. - Federal reservations: Projects that affect federal reservations would have license conditions requiring mitigation of direct adverse effects. - Fish populations: Required fishways must include measures to reasonably mitigate direct adverse effects on species' populations in the applicable river system. - Hydropower licensees: Developers would need to include and implement mitigation measures as part of licensing, shaping permit terms and compliance obligations.

## Cosponsors (30)

- Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] (R-GA), 2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fulcher, Russ [R-ID-1] (R-ID), 2026-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] (R-NV), 2026-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hurd, Jeff [R-CO-3] (R-CO), 2026-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-1] (R-MT), 2026-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] (R-TX), 2026-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crank, Jeff [R-CO-5] (R-CO), 2026-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] (R-WA), 2026-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8] (R-CO), 2026-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Baumgartner, Michael [R-WA-5] (R-WA), 2026-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Downing, Troy [R-MT-2] (R-MT), 2026-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] (R-VA), 2026-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gallagher, James [R-CA-1] (R-CA), 2026-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] (R-AZ), 2026-06-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloy, Celeste [R-UT-2] (R-UT), 2026-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3] (R-WI), 2026-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23] (R-NY), 2026-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large] (R-WY), 2026-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12] (R-IL), 2026-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3] (R-TN), 2026-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41] (R-CA), 2026-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1] (R-IA), 2026-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1] (R-TN), 2026-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] (R-TX), 2026-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-NC-10] (R-NC), 2026-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12] (R-OH), 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] (R-NY), 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Palmer, Gary J. [R-AL-6] (R-AL), 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] (R-OH), 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGuire, John J. [R-VA-5] (R-VA), 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Hydropower owners must mitigate harms: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would require hydropower project licenses to include reasonable measures to reduce direct harm to Federal reservations. It would also require fishways to include measures to reduce direct harm to fish populations in the river system. These rules would aim to protect reservation…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-9337 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9337)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9337 (as of 2026-09-30).