HR 7940 · 119th Congress

To amend the Federal Power Act to require the consideration of invasive species when prescribing fishways, and for other purposes.

This bill makes a targeted change to how the federal government designs fishways—structures that help fish move around dams and other barriers in rivers. Right now, when federal agencies build these fish passages, they focus on helping fish get where they need to go. This bill adds a new requirement: they also have…

Sponsor

Grothman, Glenn (R-Wisconsin)

Introduced

2026-03-16

Policy area

Public Lands and Natural Resources