Provide tax incentives to support the maintenance of existing hydroelectric dams and the removal of obsolete ones to improve river health.
One policy goal, tracked across every bill that has carried it.
What’s happening with Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity and River Restoration Act of 2025?
The Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity and River Restoration Act of 2025 is currently stalled in the Senate Committee on Finance after being referred there on March 26, 2025. The Senate committee members must act next to hold a vote, but committee inaction is the most common way bills end in Congress. This effort has seen no recorded progress since March 26, 2025, and most legislation of this type fails to receive a committee hearing.
Updated July 9, 2026 · Generated by AI. Always verify with official sources.
Where it stands
Now carried by Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity and River Restoration Act of 2025 (S. 1183 (119th)) →
Legislative Progress
No action since March 2025
How we got here
Every bill that has carried this goal, oldest first.
Died with Congress · Jan 3, 2025
Died when the 118th Congress ended without final passage. Bills must be reintroduced under a new number to be revived.
Reintroduced · Jan 3, 2025
Reintroduced from S. 2994 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
S. 2994 (118th) →
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Who’s behind it
Maria Cantwell (D-WA)Wrote and sponsored the current bill.