HR 8053 117th Congress House

GRID Act

Official title: To provide the Secretary of Energy with the authority to enter into contracts and cooperative agreements to improve the resilience of defense critical electric infrastructure and reduce the vulnerability of critical defense facilities to the disruption of the supply of electric energy to those facilities.

Introduced: June 14, 2022 Introduced by: Crow, Jason Democratic · Colorado See on congress.gov

Energy

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

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Became law

Jun 15, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

Jun 14, 2022

Introduced in House

Jun 14, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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Latest action June 15, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Guaranteeing Resilient Installations for Defense Act or the GRID Act

This bill gives the Department of Energy (DOE) the authority to address the vulnerability of critical defense facilities to electric energy supply disruptions. Specifically, DOE may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with external providers of electric energy to (1) improve the resilience of defense critical electric infrastructure, or (2) reduce such vulnerability.

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