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Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)

A bill to amend the Alaska Power Administration Asset Sale and Termination Act to modify and continue an exemption from application of the Federal Power Act for the Snettisham Hydroelectric Project, and for other purposes.

S. 5501 · Senate bill Energy

A Republican bill with 1 Republican cosponsor · See the cosponsor

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

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill proposes changes to the Alaska Power Administration Asset Sale and Termination Act. It specifically looks at modifying and continuing an exemption from the application of the Federal Power Act for the Snettisham Hydroelectric Project. The legislation was introduced in the Senate by Ms. Murkowski and Mr. Sullivan on September 24, 2026. It was read twice and then referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The actual text of the bill removes specific references to or Snettisham'' and or the Snettisham Purchaser'' from section 104(b) of the original act.