That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that— (1) hydropower is a necessary part of an all-of-the-above approach to energy development; (2) protecting the existing hydropower resources and establishing new ones are critical to the grid security and national security of the United States; (3) increased hydropower production will lower energy prices for American consumers, decrease the national carbon footprint, and enhance the resiliency of the United States power grid; (4) hydro-hegemony will provide the United States with an indispensable edge over global competitors and foreign bad actors, such as China; and (5) the Secretary of Energy should create a hydropower independence plan which articulates a clear and comprehensive proposal for how the Secretary intends to create, maintain, improve, and expand a vigorous domestic hydropower industry.