Sec. 2. Confirming that hydropower is an essential renewable resource
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It is the sense of Congress that— hydropower is a renewable resource for purposes of all Federal programs and is an essential source of energy in the United States; and the United States should protect existing hydropower resources and increase substantially the capacity and generation of clean, renewable hydropower resources to address a changing climate and improve environmental quality in the United States. Section 203 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 15852 ) is amended— in subsection (a), by amending paragraphs
(1)through
(3)to read as follows: Not less than 20 percent in fiscal years 2021 through 2022. Not less than 23 percent in fiscal years 2023 through 2024. Not less than 25 percent in fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter. ; and in subsection (b), by striking paragraph
(2)and inserting the following: The term renewable energy means energy produced from solar, wind, biomass, landfill gas, ocean (including tidal, wave, current, and thermal), geothermal, municipal solid waste, or hydropower. . Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each Federal department and agency shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report demonstrating that the department or agency has amended any applicable regulation, order, or other policy of the department or agency related to renewable energy to ensure treatment of hydropower by the Federal Government consistent with the amendments made by paragraph (1). Section 4(e) of the Federal Power Act ( 16 U.S.C. 797(e) ) is amended, in the first sentence, by inserting to mitigate the effects of the applicable project on such reservation, so as to provide after deem necessary in the first proviso. Section 18 of the Federal Power Act ( 16 U.S.C. 811 ) is amended by adding before the period at the end of the first sentence to mitigate effects of the applicable project .
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Confirming that hydropower is an essential renewable resource
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