• S. 1521 - Community and Hydropower Improvement Act; To amend the Federal Power Act to modernize and improve the licensing of non-Federal hydropower projects, and for other purposes. H.R. 4045 - Hydropower Clean Energy Future Act; To modernize the hydropower licensing process and to promote next-generation hydropower projects, and for other purposes. H.R. 5104 - National Dam Safety Program Reauthorization Act of 2023; To amend the National Dam Safety Program Act to reauthorize that Act, and for other purposes. S.3373 - 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.
• S. 2994, Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity and River Restoration Act of 2023; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to support upgrades at existing hydroelectric dams in order to increase clean energy production, improve the resiliency and reliability of the United States electric grid, enhance the health of the Nation's rivers and associated wildlife habitats, and for other purposes. H.R. 6653, Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity and River Restoration Act of 2023; To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to support upgrades at existing hydroelectric dams in order to increase clean energy production, improve the resiliency and reliability of the United States electric grid, enhance the health of the Nation's rivers and associated wildlife habitats, and for other purposes.

Duration: January 1, 2008 to July 1, 2020

General Issues: Energy/Nuclear, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Budget/Appropriations, Clean Air & Water (Quality), Environmental/Superfund, Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries, Natural Resources, Science/Technology, Utilities

Spending: about $6,630,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Energy - Dept of, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Interior - Dept of (DOI), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Bureau of Reclamation, Treasury - Dept of, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),, Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Minerals Management Service, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS),, White House Office, President of the U.S., Vice President of the U.S.