Will cut red tape for non-federal hydropower development on Reclamation projects by authorizing new development and creating a one-stop permitting process under the Bureau of Reclamation.

I'm proud to introduce this bipartisan bill to cut red tape and unleash new hydropower development that will create good-paying rural jobs, lower energy costs for families and businesses, and strengthen our energy independence

Boebert committed through the Rural Jobs and Hydropower Expansion Act to streamline permitting and expand hydropower development on Reclamation facilities.

BOEBERT AND GRAY INTRODUCE THE RURAL JOBS AND HYDROPOWER EXPANSION ACT | Representative Lauren Boebert
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Rural Jobs and Hydropower Expansion Act

Boebert highlighted legislation intended to expand non-federal hydropower development on Bureau of Reclamation projects through authorization and streamlined permitting.

Boebert and Gray’s Rural Jobs and Hydropower Expansion Act Passes Natural Resources Committee
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Congress.gov lists Lauren Boebert's federal service as beginning in 2021, including Colorado's 3rd District in the 117th and 118th Congresses and Colorado's 4th District in the 119th Congress.

This establishes the relevant federal-service window. Earlier hydropower legislation enacted in 2013 predates Boebert's time in Congress.

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Representative Lauren Boebert | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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Congress.gov member activity lists H.R.7487, the Rural Jobs and Hydropower Expansion Act, sponsored by Lauren Boebert, introduced on 2026-02-11 and referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources with status shown as Introduced.

Boebert took concrete legislative action on hydropower expansion during the 119th Congress, but the official record does not show enactment or completion as of the relevant date.

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Representative Lauren Boebert | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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Congress.gov records H.R.678, sponsored by Scott Tipton, as becoming Public Law 113-24 on 2013-08-09. Its summary describes authorizing Interior, through Reclamation, to contract for small conduit hydropower at Bureau facilities and making Reclamation's Power Resources Office the lead office.

The core policy described in the claim was enacted before Boebert entered Congress and by another sponsor, so it does not establish fulfillment by Boebert in her federal service.

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H.R.678 - Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act, Congress.gov
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