Congress·In Committee·S. 1034

Southwestern Power Administration Fund Establishment Act

Southwestern Power Administration: New Funding System

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Unlikely to pass

While the bill has support from regional leaders, technical changes to how agencies handle federal money often move slowly through the committee process.

How we got here

This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.

Reintroduced
Reintroduced from S. 1324 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
S. 1324 (118th) →

Key Points

This bill creates a new account in the U.S. Treasury specifically for the Southwestern Power Administration. This agency sells electricity from federal dams to people in states like Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.
The agency would be able to keep the money it makes from selling power and use it directly for repairs and upgrades. Currently, the agency often has to wait for Congress to approve spending, which can slow down important maintenance on power lines and stations.
The fund would cover the costs of running power facilities, building new transmission lines, and marketing electricity. Any extra money left over at the end of the year would be sent back to the U.S. Treasury to help pay down national costs.
By managing its own money more like a business, the agency could respond faster to emergencies or equipment failures. This helps ensure that the millions of people who rely on this federal power have a more reliable electricity supply.

Impact Analysis

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Milestones

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Mar 17, 2026Senate

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.

Mar 13, 2025Senate

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.

Mar 13, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Southwestern Power Administration Fund Establishment Act

Bill NumberS 1034

Congress119th Congress

ChamberSenate

Latest ActionCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.

Data Sources

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