S3684-119

In Committee

Water Power Research and Development Reauthorization Act

119th Congress Introduced Jan 15, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Water Power Research and Development Reauthorization Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Government Operations, Energy.

Who Benefits and How

schools, students, and education providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, schools, students, and education providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section id43f8d1720a614e5688f0368054535176: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Water Power Research and Development Reauthorization Act.
  • Section H17C12E3EC469471BB5AEFDDDCD8AB4D4: 2. Water power research and development Section 632 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17211) is amended by redesignating...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Water Power Research and Development Reauthorization Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Key Policy Areas

Education, Government Operations, Energy

Primary Purpose

This bill, Water Power Research and Development Reauthorization Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Policy Domains

Education Government Operations Energy

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • schools, students, and education providers
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schools, students, and education providers:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • schools, students, and education providers
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federal implementing agencies:
schools, students, and education providers:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 17, 2026

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and …

Jan 15, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and …

Jan 15, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Jan 15, 2026

Ms. Murkowski (for herself and Mr. Wyden) introduced the following …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Education Government Operations Energy
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_commerce"
→ Secretary of Commerce

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