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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9670 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.

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                    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

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Electric Grid 
Stabilization Act''.

SEC. 2. TEMPORARY FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO STABILIZE THE ELECTRIC GRID.

    (a) Provision of Temporary Assistance.--Not later than 10 days 
after receiving a request from an affected State for assistance in 
stabilizing the electric grid in such State, including for assistance 
with addressing an electricity outage or electricity generation 
shortage, the Secretary may provide assistance to such State as the 
Secretary determines necessary and appropriate to stabilize the 
electric grid in such State, including by providing technical 
assistance, temporary electricity generation, provision of equipment, 
or any other relevant assistance.
    (b) Duration.--The Secretary shall provide assistance to an 
affected State under subsection (a) until such time as the Secretary, 
in coordination with the State, determines that the electric grid in 
the State is stabilized.
    (c) Reports.--During any period in which assistance is being 
provided to an affected State under subsection (a), the Secretary, in 
coordination with the State and any applicable entity in the State that 
is responsible for electricity generation, transmission, or 
distribution, shall at least monthly submit to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, and the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate, a report on--
            (1) electricity generation levels in the State;
            (2) progress in stabilizing the electric grid in the State;
            (3) additional resources, including appropriations, needed 
        to stabilize the electric grid in the State; and
            (4) a timeline to complete the work to stabilize the 
        electric grid in the State.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Affected state.--The term ``affected State'' means a 
        State in which there is an electricity generation shortage, or 
        a failure of equipment for the generation, transmission, or 
        distribution of electricity, that has resulted in a disruption 
        of the electric grid within the State.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers.
            (3) Stabilize.--The term ``stabilize'' means, with respect 
        to an electric grid, to make the electric grid resilient to 
        disruptions caused by an electricity generation shortage or a 
        failure of equipment for the generation, transmission, or 
        distribution of electricity.
            (4) State.--The term ``State'' means any State of the 
        United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the 
        Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 
        Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, and the 
        Federated States of Micronesia.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000,000.
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