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S. 1020: 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. · Congress Swing Tracker

S. 1020119th CongressEnergy

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.

Sponsored by Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) · 7 active : 6 Republicans, 1 Democrat

Latest action: Became Public Law No: 119-90.

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Where it standsBecame law

Became law

Senate: passedJul 29, 2025
House: passedApr 21, 2026
President: Signed into lawMay 11, 2026

6 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Summary on Congress.gov

This act authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to extend construction deadlines for hydropower projects that were issued a license before March 13, 2020. FERC is authorized, upon the request of the licensees, to extend the deadline for beginning construction on such projects an additional six years beyond the eight-year extension FERC is authorized to provide under current law. The extension must consist of no more than three consecutive two-year periods.

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The act also provides that FERC may reinstate certain expired licenses for projects with construction deadlines extended under this act, effective as of the date they expire.

How the projections held up

Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.

House

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassPassed394 yea, 14 nayApril 21, 2026 · Roll call 129

How members in each band voted on this House vote, by their projection before the vote
BandBand before the vote	VotedVoted yea or nay	BrokeBroke with party	Share
Swing	28	4	14%
Middle	274	10	4%
Entrenched	102	0	0%

Committees and subjects

Committees

Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · SenateDischarged from · Referred to

Subjects

Alternative and renewable resources
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Infrastructure development
Licensing and registrations

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the House breaks down

40Swing 70–100
274Middle 30–70
116Entrenched 0–30
3Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 3 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.

Key players in the House

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3

Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has. Where the House has voted, each member’s appears with the projection made before it.

Similar past votes, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 61.5 (needs 5.0).

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Cosponsors

7 active

Show all 7 cosponsors

How the swing score works

Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.

Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.

Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.

Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.

Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.

Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.

All voting members	407	14	3%

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Jared F. GoldenDemocrat · Maine 2nd · Lean R+4On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 52% of 114 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
Today95Swing
Vote on passage, Apr 21, 2026:Not votingProjected at the vote: 94 Swing (today: 95)
ContactCall 202-225-6306 Website
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Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · Pennsylvania 1st · Lean D+1On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 38% of 117 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
93Swing
Vote on passage, Apr 21, 2026:YeaProjected: 93 Swing
ContactCall
3
Marie Gluesenkamp PerezDemocrat · Washington 3rd · Lean R+2On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 48% of 117 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
92Swing
Vote on passage, Apr 21, 2026:YeaProjected: 92 Swing
ContactCall
4
Henry CuellarDemocrat · Texas 28th · Lean R+2On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 49% of 117 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
90Swing
Vote on passage, Apr 21, 2026:YeaProjected: 90 Swing
ContactCall
5
Laura GillenDemocrat · New York 4th · Lean D+2On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 27% of 24 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
88Swing
Vote on passage, Apr 21, 2026:YeaProjected: 88 Swing
ContactCall
6
Adam GrayDemocrat · California 13th · Lean R+1On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 58% of 23 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
Today87Swing
Vote on passage, Apr 21, 2026:YeaProjected at the vote: 88 Swing (today: 87)
Contact
7
Michael LawlerRepublican · New York 17th · Lean D+1On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 5% of 117 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
Today87Swing
Vote on passage, Apr 21, 2026:YeaProjected at the vote: 75 Swing (today: 87)
8
Donald G. DavisDemocrat · North Carolina 1st · Lean R+1On the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 48% of 116 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
86Swing
Vote on passage, Apr 21, 2026:YeaProjected: 86 Swing
ContactCall
9
Thomas R. SuozziDemocrat · New York 3rd · Lean EVENOn the ballot
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 19% of 41 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
86Swing
Vote on passage, Apr 21, 2026:YeaProjected: 86 Swing
ContactCall
10
Jim CostaDemocrat · California 21st · Lean D+4On the ballot
Ideology gap
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CommitteeNo committee seatBroke with party on 29% of 116 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: LCV
85Swing
Vote on passage, Apr 21, 2026:YeaProjected: 85 Swing
ContactCall