Authorizes $300 million for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030 for water power research, development, and demonstration, including $200 million for marine energy and $100 million for hydropower.

• Authorizes $300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030, including $200,000,000 for marine energy and $100,000,000 for hydropower research, development, and demonstration.
• Expands marine energy work to include U.S.-based manufacturing, testing for extreme tidal temperatures and icing, and microgrid applications such as desalination and disaster recovery.
• Adds hydropower research on cybersecurity, pumped storage grid modeling, and a study of ways to improve the hydropower licensing process.
• Adds workforce development, training, and student-led research programs for hydropower and marine energy, and changes the required report to Congress from annual to biennial.

• Education and Workforce Committee (House)
• Science, Space, and Technology Committee (House)

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