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H.R. 4990 119th Congress House

Wildfire Grid Resiliency Act

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out a demonstration program for projects that improve electric grid resilience with respect to wildfires, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 15, 2025 Introduced by: Norma J. Torres Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Aug 15, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Aug 15, 2025
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Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

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Wildfire Grid Resiliency Act

This bill requires the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response of the Department of Energy (DOE) to carry out a Resilience Accelerator Demonstration Program. Under the program, the office must make awards to DOE's National Laboratories for projects that demonstrate innovative technologies to improve the electric grid's resilience to wildfires, such as technologies for monitoring vegetation management or enhancing the safety of first responders who respond to electric grid emergencies.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4990: Wildfire Grid Resiliency Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4990/
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"H.R. 4990: Wildfire Grid Resiliency Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4990/.
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H.R. 4990, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-4990/.
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