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HR 3829 115th Congress House

TUFGRID Act of 2017

Official title: To establish a program to provide grants to States, local governments, and electric utilities to make electric infrastructure more resilient to hurricanes, tor… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To establish a program to provide grants to States, local governments, and electric utilities to make electric infrastructure more resilient to hurricanes, tornadoes, and other major weather-related events.

Introduced: September 26, 2017 Introduced by: Soto, Darren Democratic · Florida See on congress.gov
Energy Atmospheric science and weatherElectric power generation and transmissionMaterialsNatural disastersPublic utilities and utility rates
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Sep 26, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 26, 2017
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 Latest action September 29, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

The Uniform Federal Grants for Resilient Infrastructure and Design Act of 2017 or the TUFGRID Act of 2017

This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish and carry out a program to provide grants to states, local governments, and electric utilities to make electric infrastructure more resilient to hurricanes, tornadoes, and other major weather-related events.

DOE must give priority in awarding grants to governments and electric utilities that serve areas historically prone to hurricanes, tornadoes, or other major weather-related events.

The federal share of the costs of a project or activity carried out using a grant under the program may not exceed 50%.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3829: TUFGRID Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3829/
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"H.R. 3829: TUFGRID Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3829/.
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H.R. 3829, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3829/.
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[H.R. 3829: TUFGRID Act of 2017](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3829/)
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