Congress·In Committee·S. 1183

Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity and River Restoration Act of 2025

Bipartisan Bill Proposes 30% Tax Credit to Modernize Hydroelectric Dams and Restore Rivers

Mar 27, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

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Legislative Progress

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No action since March 2025

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How we got here

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

Reintroduced
Reintroduced from S. 2994 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
S. 2994 (118th) →

Key Points

Congress is considering a plan to give dam owners a 30% tax credit for making upgrades that help the environment and improve safety. This would apply to work done starting in 2026.
The money can be used to build better paths for fish to swim past dams, improve water quality, or fix old structures to meet federal safety standards. It also covers the cost of removing old, useless dams that block rivers.
This policy aims to keep clean energy flowing while protecting wildlife. By helping dam owners pay for expensive repairs, the bill hopes to make the electric grid more reliable and keep rivers healthy for fish and local communities.
Small, remote dams that provide power to isolated areas not connected to the main national power grid would also be eligible for these tax breaks to help them stay in operation.

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Impact Analysis

Personal Impact

Scores run from -100 (strongly harmful) to +100 (strongly beneficial) for each group, combining impact, certainty, scope, and duration ratings of 1-5. How impact scoring works

Farmers and ranchers who rely on water from hydroelectric dams for irrigation, or who own small dams on their property, could benefit from improved water quality and dam safety funded by the tax credit. Removal of obsolete river obstructions could also restore natural waterways that benefit agricultural land. However, only a small share of farmers are directly affected.

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State Impacts

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Scores: 1 = low, 5 = highSentiment: -5 to +5 (net benefit)

Milestones

2 milestones2 actions

Mar 27, 2025Senate

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Mar 27, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity and River Restoration Act of 2025

Bill NumberS 1183

Congress119th Congress

ChamberSenate

Latest ActionRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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D: 7R: 6I: 1

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