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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9670 

To direct the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, 

to, upon request, provide temporary assistance to States to help stabilize 

the electric grid, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024 

Mr. TORRES of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of the Army, acting through the 

Chief of Engineers, to, upon request, provide temporary 

assistance to States to help stabilize the electric grid, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Electric 

5 Grid Stabilization Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TEMPORARY FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO STABILIZE 

2 THE ELECTRIC GRID. 

3 (a) PROVISION OF TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE.—Not 

4 later than 10 days after receiving a request from an af5 fected State for assistance in stabilizing the electric grid 

6 in such State, including for assistance with addressing an 

7 electricity outage or electricity generation shortage, the 

8 Secretary may provide assistance to such State as the Sec9 retary determines necessary and appropriate to stabilize 

10 the electric grid in such State, including by providing tech11 nical assistance, temporary electricity generation, provi12 sion of equipment, or any other relevant assistance. 

13 (b) DURATION.—The Secretary shall provide assist14 ance to an affected State under subsection (a) until such 

15 time as the Secretary, in coordination with the State, de16 termines that the electric grid in the State is stabilized. 

17 (c) REPORTS.—During any period in which assist18 ance is being provided to an affected State under sub19 section (a), the Secretary, in coordination with the State 

20 and any applicable entity in the State that is responsible 

21 for electricity generation, transmission, or distribution, 

22 shall at least monthly submit to the Committee on Trans23 portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa24 tives, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

25 of the Senate, and the Committee on Environment and 

26 Public Works of the Senate, a report on— 


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1 (1) electricity generation levels in the State; 

2 (2) progress in stabilizing the electric grid in 

3 the State; 

4 (3) additional resources, including appropria5 tions, needed to stabilize the electric grid in the 

6 State; and 

7 (4) a timeline to complete the work to stabilize 

8 the electric grid in the State. 

9 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 (1) AFFECTED STATE.—The term ‘‘affected 

11 State’’ means a State in which there is an electricity 

12 generation shortage, or a failure of equipment for 

13 the generation, transmission, or distribution of elec14 tricity, that has resulted in a disruption of the elec15 tric grid within the State. 

16 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

17 the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief 

18 of Engineers. 

19 (3) STABILIZE.—The term ‘‘stabilize’’ means, 

20 with respect to an electric grid, to make the electric 

21 grid resilient to disruptions caused by an electricity 

22 generation shortage or a failure of equipment for the 

23 generation, transmission, or distribution of elec24 tricity. 


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1 (4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any 

2 State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 

3 Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American 

4 Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

5 Islands, the Marshall Islands, and the Federated 

6 States of Micronesia. 

7 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

8 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

9 $1,000,000,000. 

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