United States · Bill · S
S. 76 (117th)
POWER Act of 2021
Introduced
28 January 2021
Last action
28 January 2021 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sponsors
Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY], Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY], Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN], Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV], Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA], Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR], Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX], Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND], Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID], Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX], Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT], Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND], Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS], Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK], Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA], Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT], Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS], Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA], Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL], Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID], Sen. Romney, Mitt [R-UT], Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS], Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR], Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI], Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK], Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC], Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK], Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA], Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN]
Subjects
Energy
Source updated
24 March 2026
Summary
Protecting Our Wealth of Energy Resources Act of 2021 or the POWER Act of 2021 This bill requires the President and federal agencies to obtain the approval of Congress before prohibiting or substantially delaying certain new energy or mineral leases or permits on federal lands, including oil and gas leases, coal leases, hard rock leases, or critical minerals leases. In addition, the President and agencies must obtain the approval of Congress before withdrawing certain federal lands from mineral and geothermal leasing activities.
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Timeline
28 January 2021
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Source: IntroReferral
28 January 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 28 January 2021 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Romney, Mitt [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN] · R · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to ← POWER Act
- related to ← Protecting American Energy Jobs Act
- related to ← American Energy First Act
- related to ← American Energy Independence from Russia Act
- related to ← American Energy Independence from Russia Act
- related to ← Energy Freedom Act
- related to ← Energy Freedom Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/76
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/76
- us · 117-s-76 · source updated 24 March 2026