S 1020 United States Senate · 119th Congress

A bill to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the time period during which licensees are required to commence construction of certain hydropower projects.

This bill allows hydropower project license holders to request up to 6 additional years to begin construction on projects that received licenses before March 13, 2020. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) may grant extensions in two-year increments, but the total extension cannot exceed six years. For licenses expiring after December 31, 2023, FERC can reinstate them to immediately apply the extension.

Issues: ✓ Energy

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Jul 2025

Senate Passage

Jul 2025

House Passage

Apr 2026

Signed into Law

May 2026

Introduced Mar 13, 2025 Signed May 11, 2026

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Engrossed in Senate → Enrolled Bill · 2 edits

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This diff reflects the transition of S. 1020 from its Senate-engrossed form to its final enrolled form. The substantive policy content is unchanged; the differences are limited to legislative formatting conventions, addition of the standard 'Be it enacted' preamble, GPO metadata headers, and signature blocks for the Speaker and Vice President.

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The bill was reformatted from a plain-text engrossed layout into standard enrolled bill format, including em-dash section breaks, the 'Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives' preamble, and signature lines for the Speaker of the House and Vice President.

GPO conversion metadata and session header information (119th Congress, 2nd Session, begun January 3, 2026) were added as part of the enrolled document packaging.

Floor votes · House Apr 21, 2026

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

May 11, 2026

Signed into law

Signed by President.

executive

Apr 21, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 394 - 14 (Roll no. 129). (text: CR H3024)

lower

Jul 29, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4797-4798; text: CR S4797-4798)

upper

Jul 29, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4797-4798; text: CR S4797-4798)

upper

Jul 29, 2025

Upper · Passed

Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.

upper

Mar 13, 2025

Committee

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

upper

Mar 13, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in Senate

upper

1 primary · 7 co-sponsors