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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5522 

To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 

Information to carry out a grant and revolving loan program to provide 

funding for projects to increase the resiliency and energy efficiency of 

communications networks, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 12, 2024 

Mr. MARKEY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to carry out a grant and revolving loan program to provide funding for projects 

to increase the resiliency and energy efficiency of communications networks, 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 ‘‘Generating Resilient 

5 and Energy Efficient Network Communications Act’’ or 

6 the ‘‘GREEN Communications Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist4 ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary of 

5 Commerce for Communications and Information. 

6 (2) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 

7 means the Federal Communications Commission. 

8 (3) COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE.—The 

9 term ‘‘communications infrastructure’’ means any 

10 equipment, tower, support structure, facility, prod11 uct, or technology that is essential to the operation 

12 of a communications network. 

13 (4) COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK.—The term 

14 ‘‘communications network’’ means— 

15 (A) a broadband network; 

16 (B) a cellular network; 

17 (C) a telephone network; 

18 (D) a cable system; 

19 (E) a network that is primarily used for 

20 public safety or first responder communications; 

21 or 

22 (F) a network that provides any other 

23 communications or telecommunications service. 

24 (5) COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK OUTAGE.—The 

25 term ‘‘communications network outage’’ means an 

26 outage with respect to a communications network 


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1 that results in the disruption of services provided by 

2 the communications network. 

3 (6) COVERED EFFICIENCY PROJECT.—The term 

4 ‘‘covered efficiency project’’ means, with respect to 

5 action taken by an eligible entity— 

6 (A) the purchase or upgrading of equip7 ment or technology, including an electrical or 

8 thermal monitoring system, that is dem9 onstrated to increase the energy efficiency of 

10 communications infrastructure; 

11 (B) the installation or upgrading of perma12 nent solar panels, wind turbines, combined heat 

13 and power technology, or other renewable en14 ergy generators that are used in communica15 tions infrastructure, or at a data center, pro16 vided, operated, or owned by the eligible entity; 

17 (C) entering into a partnership with an en18 ergy utility company to purchase land for re19 newable energy infrastructure, or to construct 

20 renewable energy infrastructure, that will be 

21 used to power a data center, an internet ex22 change point, or communications infrastructure 

23 provided, operated, or owned by the eligible en24 tity; 


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1 (D) the reduction of water consumption for 

2 cooling a data center, or operating other com3 munications infrastructure, provided, operated, 

4 or owned by the eligible entity, in an area that 

5 is likely to experience drought; 

6 (E) the study of ways to make a commu7 nications network provided, operated, or owned 

8 by the eligible entity, or communications infra9 structure provided, operated, or owned by the 

10 eligible entity, more energy and resource effi11 cient; 

12 (F) the study, including through pilot 

13 projects, of green technologies to make a com14 munications network provided, operated, or 

15 owned by the eligible entity more energy and re16 source efficient; or 

17 (G) any other type of project carried out 

18 by the eligible entity that the Assistant Sec19 retary determines will promote the adoption of 

20 energy efficient, renewable energy, and carbon21 neutral technologies and practices with respect 

22 to communications networks, or communica23 tions infrastructure, provided, operated, or 

24 owned by the eligible entity. 


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1 (7) COVERED RESILIENCY PROJECT.—The term 

2 ‘‘covered resiliency project’’ means, with respect to 

3 action taken by an eligible entity— 

4 (A) the construction of communications in5 frastructure to be provided, operated, or owned 

6 by the eligible entity in a location that is not 

7 vulnerable to projected severe effects with re8 spect to extreme weather, natural disasters, or 

9 climate change-related events, including sea10 level rise, flooding, and increased risk of wild11 fire; 

12 (B) the relocation of communications in13 frastructure provided, operated, or owned by 

14 the eligible entity to a location that is less vul15 nerable to projected severe effects with respect 

16 to extreme weather, natural disasters, or cli17 mate change-related events, including sea-level 

18 rise, flooding, and increased risk of wildfire; 

19 (C) the reinforcement, hardening, or re20 placement of communications infrastructure 

21 provided, operated, or owned by the eligible en22 tity in a location that is increasingly vulnerable 

23 to projected severe effects with respect to ex24 treme weather, natural disasters, or climate 


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1 change-related events, including sea-level rise, 

2 flooding, and increased risk of wildfire; 

3 (D) the construction of a fortification, such 

4 as a sea wall or embankment, or the develop5 ment of green infrastructure solutions, such as 

6 wetlands or drainage ponds, to protect commu7 nications infrastructure provided, operated, or 

8 owned by the eligible entity from projected se9 vere effects with respect to extreme weather, 

10 natural disasters, or climate change-related 

11 events, including sea-level rise, flooding, and in12 creased risk of wildfire; 

13 (E) the undertaking of research with re14 spect to communications infrastructure pro15 vided, operated, or owned by the eligible entity 

16 to identify vulnerabilities of that infrastructure 

17 to climate change based on the best available 

18 data, analysis, and projections regarding that 

19 change, including sea-level rise projections, 100- 

20 year floodplain maps, and heat and temperature 

21 projections; 

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1 structure provided, operated, or owned by the 

2 eligible entity to identify vulnerabilities, or the 

3 susceptibility, of that communications infra4 structure to damage caused by natural disas5 ters; 

6 (G) the purchase of renewable energy or 

7 low-emission backup generators, fuel cells, or 

8 batteries to maximize the likelihood that com9 munications infrastructure provided, operated, 

10 or owned by the eligible entity can continue op11 erating in the event of an electrical system out12 age, without regard to whether the eligible enti13 ty is required to provide such backup power 

14 with respect to that communications infrastruc15 ture; 

16 (H) the purchase of cooling equipment or 

17 insulation, or the development of green infra18 structure, to protect communications infrastruc19 ture provided, operated, or owned by the eligible 

20 entity from extreme heat events; 

21 (I) the piloting of technologies to make a 

22 communications network provided, operated, or 

23 owned by the eligible entity more resilient 

24 through energy efficient and low carbon emis25 sion measures; 


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1 (J) in order to facilitate faster detection 

2 of, or response to, a communications network 

3 outage with respect to a communications net4 work provided, operated, or owned by the eligi5 ble entity— 

6 (i) the training of employees of the el7 igible entity relating to such a detection or 

8 response; 

9 (ii) the conducting of communications 

10 network outage tests or simulations; 

11 (iii) the participation in communica12 tions network outage tests or simulations, 

13 including those administered by local, 

14 State, or Federal governmental entities; or 

15 (iv) the purchase of equipment or 

16 technology relating to such a detection or 

17 response, including communications infra18 structure (including deployable commu19 nications infrastructure) that can expedite 

20 the restoration of communications or tele21 communications services after such a com22 munications network outage; 

23 (K) the undertaking of research to develop 

24 technologies that can expedite the restoration of 

25 communications or telecommunications services 


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1 after an outage with respect to communications 

2 infrastructure provided, operated, or owned by 

3 the eligible entity; 

4 (L) the construction, purchase, relocation, 

5 reinforcement, or replacement of communica6 tions infrastructure provided, operated, or 

7 owned by the eligible entity in order to mini8 mize the risk of a communications network out9 age caused by an affirmative power shut-off by 

10 a utility; or 

11 (M) any other type of project carried out 

12 by the eligible entity that the Assistant Sec13 retary determines will increase the resiliency of 

14 a communications network or communications 

15 infrastructure provided, operated, or owned by 

16 the eligible entity with respect to— 

17 (i) severe weather; 

18 (ii) natural disasters; and 

19 (iii) climate change-related events, in20 cluding extreme weather events, droughts, 

21 coastal and inland flooding, sea level rise, 

22 increased storm surge, wildfires, mudslides, 

23 and extreme temperatures. 

24 (8) DATA CENTER.—The term ‘‘data center’’ 

25 means a centralized location at which computing and 


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1 networking equipment is concentrated for the pur2 pose of collecting, storing, processing, distributing, 

3 or allowing access to large amounts of electronic 

4 data. 

5 (9) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti6 ty’’ means any private or public entity, including a 

7 State, local, or Tribal government, that provides, op8 erates, or owns a communications network or com9 munications infrastructure. 

10 (10) NATURAL DISASTER.—The term ‘‘natural 

11 disaster’’ includes a natural event that is not related 

12 to climate change, including an earthquake, a tor13 nado, a hurricane, a volcanic eruption, a solar flare, 

14 a geomagnetic disturbance, and an electromagnetic 

15 pulse. 

16 (11) NTIA.—The term ‘‘NTIA’’ means the Na17 tional Telecommunications and Information Admin18 istration. 

19 SEC. 3. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNICATIONS 

20 NETWORK RESILIENCY AND ENERGY EFFI21 CIENCY. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

23 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year 

24 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Assist25 ant Secretary shall establish a program in the NTIA 


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1 (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Program’’) 

2 through which the Assistant Secretary, subject to 

3 the other provisions of this section, shall competi4 tively award grants and revolving loans to eligible 

5 entities to carry out covered efficiency projects and 

6 covered resiliency projects. 

7 (2) PRELIMINARY RULEMAKING.—Before ac8 cepting applications for a grant or a revolving loan 

9 under the Program, the Assistant Secretary shall, 

10 under section 553 of title 5, United States Code, 

11 and after consultation with eligible entities and the 

12 Secretary of Homeland Security, conduct a rule13 making to develop a process for— 

14 (A) identifying proprietary and confidential 

15 information contained in such an application; 

16 and 

17 (B) handling and protecting information 

18 described in subparagraph (A). 

19 (b) APPLICATION PROCESS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), an 

21 eligible entity seeking a grant or a revolving loan 

22 under the Program shall submit to the Assistant 

23 Secretary an application at such time, in such man24 ner, and containing such information as the Assist25 ant Secretary may require. 


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1 (2) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.—An application 

2 submitted by an eligible entity under paragraph (1) 

3 shall contain, at a minimum, and to the extent appli4 cable— 

5 (A) with respect to a covered efficiency 

6 project— 

7 (i) an overview of the energy sourcing 

8 of the communications infrastructure or 

9 other equipment that is the subject of the 

10 project; and 

11 (ii) a description of how the grant or 

12 revolving loan sought by the eligible entity 

13 will improve the energy or resource effi14 ciency of the communications infrastruc15 ture or other equipment that is the subject 

16 of the project; and 

17 (B) with respect to a covered resiliency 

18 project— 

19 (i) a description of the current, as of 

20 the date on which the application is sub21 mitted, resiliency efforts of the eligible en22 tity with respect to the communications in23 frastructure or communications network 

24 that is the subject of the project; 


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1 (ii) a description of the specific vul2 nerability of, or threat of disruption to, the 

3 communications infrastructure or commu4 nications network that is the subject of the 

5 project; 

6 (iii) a description of how the grant or 

7 revolving loan sought by the eligible entity 

8 will improve the resiliency of the commu9 nications infrastructure or communications 

10 network that is the subject of the project; 

11 (iv) a statement that the project 

12 meets all applicable local, State, Tribal, 

13 and Federal zoning and environmental re14 quirements; and 

15 (v) a description of how the project 

16 will integrate with local or regional stra17 tegic planning efforts, if applicable. 

18 (c) FUNDING PRIORITIZATION.—In selecting projects 

19 for which funding will be provided under the Program, the 

20 Assistant Secretary shall give priority to— 

21 (1) covered efficiency projects that— 

22 (A) will be carried out in, or primarily ben23 efit, areas in which— 


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1 (i) the median household income is 

2 below 150 percent of the Federal poverty 

3 level; or 

4 (ii) a majority of the residents are 

5 members of a racial or ethnic minority 

6 group; 

7 (B) have the greatest demonstrated impact 

8 on energy efficiency; or 

9 (C) demonstrate the greatest overall pro10 jected reductions in greenhouse gas emissions; 

11 and 

12 (2) covered resiliency projects that— 

13 (A) will be carried out in, or primarily ben14 efit, areas— 

15 (i) in which the median household in16 come is below 150 percent of the Federal 

17 poverty level; 

18 (ii) in which a majority of the resi19 dents are members of a racial or ethnic mi20 nority group; 

21 (iii) in which rural features or sparse 

22 populations limit other investments with 

23 respect to the resiliency of communications 

24 networks; or 


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1 (iv) that are highly vulnerable to 

2 events relating to severe weather, natural 

3 disasters, or climate change-related events, 

4 as determined by the Assistant Secretary 

5 after— 

6 (I) consulting with the Adminis7 trators of the Federal Emergency 

8 Management Agency, the National 

9 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra10 tion, and the Environmental Protec11 tion Agency, using the best data avail12 able to those officials; and 

13 (II) obtaining input from opera14 tors of communications networks re15 garding the types of events that are 

16 most or least impactful to those com17 munications networks; or 

18 (B) utilize green infrastructure or renew19 able energy solutions, including by piloting new 

20 green solutions that will affirmatively increase 

21 the resiliency of communications infrastructure 

22 or communications networks provided, operated, 

23 or owned by the eligible entity. 

24 (d) CONDITIONS ON FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.— 


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1 (1) COVERED EFFICIENCY PROJECT.—An eligi2 ble entity to which funding is made available under 

3 the Program with respect to a covered efficiency 

4 project shall, to the extent applicable— 

5 (A) not later than 1 year after the date on 

6 which the eligible entity receives the funding, 

7 and annually thereafter until the completion of 

8 the covered efficiency project, submit to the As9 sistant Secretary a report that describes, for 

10 the year covered by the report, the electrical 

11 consumption, by source, of the communications 

12 infrastructure or other property that is the sub13 ject of the project, which shall identify the per14 centage of that consumption that comes from 

15 fossil fuels and from renewable energy sources; 

16 and 

17 (B) complete a clean energy review— 

18 (i) the components of which shall be 

19 established by the Secretary of Energy, in 

20 consultation with the Administrator of the 

21 Environmental Protection Agency— 

22 (I) through rulemaking under 

23 section 553 of title 5, United States 

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1 (II) after developing a process, in 

2 consultation with eligible entities, 

3 for— 

4 (aa) identifying proprietary 

5 and confidential information con6 tained in such a review; and 

7 (bb) handling and protecting 

8 information described in item 

9 (aa); and 

10 (ii) which shall include— 

11 (I) the energy consumption pat12 terns of the eligible entity; and 

13 (II) the steps taken by the eligi14 ble entity, or the steps that the eligi15 ble entity will take, to achieve a goal 

16 of net-zero carbon emissions with re17 spect to the communications infra18 structure, and communications net19 works, provided, operated, or owned 

20 by the eligible entity. 

21 (2) COVERED RESILIENCY PROJECT.—An eligi22 ble entity to which funding is made available under 

23 the Program with respect to a covered resiliency 

24 project shall, to the extent applicable— 


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1 (A) beginning not later than 60 days after 

2 the date on which the eligible entity receives the 

3 funding, participate in the Disaster Information 

4 Reporting System operated by the Commission, 

5 including by subsequently reporting, during 

6 times of emergency, the operational status of 

7 communications infrastructure operated by the 

8 eligible entity; 

9 (B) not later than 1 year after the date on 

10 which the eligible entity receives the funding, 

11 and annually thereafter until the completion of 

12 the covered resiliency project, submit to the 

13 Commission a report that, to the extent applica14 ble, contains, with respect to communications 

15 infrastructure provided, operated, or owned by 

16 the eligible entity— 

17 (i) the number, duration, and fre18 quency of communications network outages 

19 experienced as a result of an outage with 

20 respect to, or other failure of, that infra21 structure within a certain time period, as 

22 determined by the Commission; 

23 (ii) the specific cause of each commu24 nications network outage described in 

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1 (iii) the number of consumers affected 

2 by each communications network outage 

3 described in clause (i); 

4 (iv) the extent to which first respond5 ers were affected by each communications 

6 network outage described in clause (i); 

7 (v) the total number of communica8 tions network outages annually experienced 

9 with respect to that infrastructure that are 

10 attributable to severe weather, natural dis11 asters, and climate change-related events 

12 and the number of consumers affected by 

13 those outages; 

14 (vi) the extent of any reduction of 

15 communications network performance 

16 caused by a communications network out17 age with respect to that infrastructure; 

18 (vii) the amount of time between the 

19 start of each communications network out20 age with respect to that infrastructure and 

21 detection of the outage; 

22 (viii) the amount of time between the 

23 detection of each communications network 

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1 and the initiation of any response to miti2 gate the effects of the outage; 

3 (ix) the amount of time required to 

4 fully restore services after a communica5 tions network outage with respect to that 

6 infrastructure; and 

7 (x) any other information that the 

8 Commission determines is necessary to 

9 achieve the objectives described in section 

10 4(a)(2); and 

11 (C) complete a communications resiliency 

12 review— 

13 (i) the components of which shall be 

14 established by the Commission, in con15 sultation with the Assistant Secretary— 

16 (I) through rulemaking under 

17 section 553 of title 5, United States 

18 Code; and 

19 (II) after developing a process, in 

20 consultation with eligible entities, 

21 for— 

22 (aa) identifying proprietary 

23 and confidential information con24 tained in such a review; and 


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1 (bb) handling and protecting 

2 information described in item 

3 (aa); and 

4 (ii) which shall include, to the extent 

5 applicable— 

6 (I) the analysis of the eligible en7 tity with respect to the vulnerabilities 

8 of communications infrastructure pro9 vided, operated, or owned by the eligi10 ble entity with respect to severe 

11 weather, natural disasters, and cli12 mate change-related events; 

13 (II) a description of steps taken 

14 by the eligible entity, or steps that the 

15 eligible entity will take, to address the 

16 vulnerabilities described in subclause 

17 (I); and 

18 (III) the number of projected po19 tential users of the communications 

20 network or communications infra21 structure provided, operated, or owned 

22 by the eligible entity that may be af23 fected by the vulnerabilities described 

24 in subclause (I). 


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1 (e) CONSULTATION WITH RELEVANT AGENCIES.—In 

2 establishing and carrying out the Program, the Assistant 

3 Secretary may consult and coordinate, as needed, with the 

4 Commission, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of 

5 Energy, the Administrator of the Environmental Protec6 tion Agency, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 

7 Management Agency, and the head of any other Federal 

8 agency with relevant subject matter expertise. 

9 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; MINIMUM

10 EXPENDITURES.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

12 appropriated to the Assistant Secretary 

13 $5,000,000,000 to carry out the Program, which 

14 shall remain available until expended. 

15 (2) MINIMUM EXPENDITURES; ADMINISTRATIVE

16 COSTS.—Of the amounts made available to carry out 

17 the Program, the Assistant Secretary shall— 

18 (A) use not less than 25 percent to provide 

19 assistance to eligible entities to carry out cov20 ered efficiency projects; 

21 (B) use not less than 25 percent to provide 

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1 (C) set aside not more than 2 percent to 

2 cover costs relating to administration, research, 

3 training, and staff, including— 

4 (i) the detailing of employees from 

5 other Federal agencies; and 

6 (ii) the appointment of experts in the 

7 fields of infrastructure resiliency, climate 

8 science, clean energy, and energy effi9 ciency. 

10 SEC. 4. REGULATORY FRAMEWORK. 

11 (a) COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK RESILIENCY

12 FRAMEWORK.— 

13 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Commission, in 

14 consultation with the Assistant Secretary, the Ad15 ministrator of the Federal Emergency Management 

16 Agency, and the Director of the National Institute 

17 of Standards and Technology, shall issue rules under 

18 section 553 of title 5, United States Code, to estab19 lish a communications network resiliency framework 

20 to promote resiliency with respect to communications 

21 networks and communications infrastructure. 

22 (2) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives of the frame23 work established under paragraph (1) shall be the 

24 following: 


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1 (A) To minimize the number of commu2 nications network outages. 

3 (B) To minimize the length of communica4 tions network outages. 

5 (C) To minimize the number of consumers 

6 affected by communications network outages. 

7 (D) To mitigate the reduction in commu8 nications network performance caused by com9 munications network outages. 

10 (E) To encourage the adoption of equip11 ment, policies, and procedures to prepare for 

12 communications network outages. 

13 (F) To promote the detection of, and re14 sponse to, communications network outages in 

15 a timely manner. 

16 (G) To anticipate and prepare for long17 term disruptions to communications networks 

18 that are caused by severe weather, natural dis19 asters, or climate change. 

20 (H) To support and address the commu21 nications needs of first responders involved in 

22 detecting, managing, and responding to— 

23 (i) severe weather events, natural dis24 asters, and climate change-related events; 

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1 (ii) communications network outages 

2 caused by the events described in clause 

3 (i). 

4 (3) COMMISSION DISCRETION.—In carrying out 

5 this subsection, the Commission may, after providing 

6 public notice and an opportunity to comment, estab7 lish minimum performance criteria or target goals 

8 with respect to the resiliency of communications net9 works and communications infrastructure. 

10 (b) AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES.— 

11 (1) FCC RESPONSIBILITIES.— 

12 (A) RESILIENCY MAPPING FEASIBILITY RE13 PORT.— 

14 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Commission 

15 shall— 

16 (I) in consultation with the As17 sistant Secretary and the Administra18 tors of the National Oceanic and At19 mospheric Administration, the Envi20 ronmental Protection Agency, and the 

21 Federal Emergency Management 

22 Agency, complete a study (and submit 

23 to Congress a report regarding) the 

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1 risks to communications infrastruc2 ture as a result of events relating to 

3 severe weather, natural disasters, and 

4 climate change; and 

5 (II) include in the report re6 quired under subclause (I) rec7 ommendations regarding— 

8 (aa) which Federal agency, 

9 or combination of Federal agen10 cies, is best equipped to conduct 

11 the mapping described in that 

12 subclause; 

13 (bb) how the mapping de14 scribed in that subclause could— 

15 (AA) incorporate the 

16 information obtained from 

17 eligible entities under the 

18 program carried out under 

19 section 3; and 

20 (BB) be coordinated 

21 with, and connected to, 

22 other broadband mapping 

23 efforts of the Commission; 

24 and 


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1 (cc) how to protect and se2 cure any sensitive information re3 lating to, or stemming from, the 

4 mapping described in that sub5 clause. 

6 (ii) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA7 TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro8 priated to the Commission such sums as 

9 may be necessary to carry out clause (i). 

10 (B) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Com11 mission, in consultation with the Assistant Sec12 retary, shall provide technical assistance and re13 sources to— 

14 (i) any public or private domestic enti15 ty seeking to understand, with respect to a 

16 communications network (or communica17 tions infrastructure) provided, operated, or 

18 owned by that entity, the vulnerability or 

19 susceptibility of the network or infrastruc20 ture with respect to severe weather, nat21 ural disasters, or climate change; and 

22 (ii) any State or local government 

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1 er, natural disasters, or climate change of 

2 a communications network that— 

3 (I) is located within the jurisdic4 tion of that government; and 

5 (II) is not operated by that gov6 ernment. 

7 (C) NORS.—After providing public notice 

8 and an opportunity to comment, the Commis9 sion shall update the Network Outage Report10 ing System to include a broadband network out11 age as a required reporting incident. 

12 (2) NTIA RESPONSIBILITIES.— 

13 (A) ENERGY AND EFFICIENCY BEST PRAC14 TICES.— 

15 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Sec16 retary, in consultation with other Federal 

17 agencies (including the Commission, the 

18 Department of Energy, the Environmental 

19 Protection Agency, and the Federal En20 ergy Regulatory Commission), and after 

21 obtaining input from communications serv22 ice providers and other interested members 

23 of the public, shall make available on a 

24 publicly available website a list of best 

25 practices for public and private partners to 


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1 operate energy efficient and carbon-neutral 

2 communications infrastructure. 

3 (ii) CONTENTS.—The list of best 

4 practices described in clause (i) may in5 clude— 

6 (I) suggested technical standards 

7 for improving energy efficiency with 

8 respect to the use and transmission of 

9 electronic data, including the imple10 mentation of more efficient compres11 sion and transmission algorithms and 

12 signal types; 

13 (II) renewable energy sourcing 

14 guidelines; and 

15 (III) guidelines for internet serv16 ice providers to report to consumers 

17 the energy consumption of those con18 sumers alongside the data use of 

19 those consumers. 

20 (B) REPORTING.—Not later than 1 year 

21 after the date of enactment of this Act, and an22 nually thereafter, the Assistant Secretary, in 

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1 mental Protection Agency, and after providing 

2 public notice and an opportunity to comment, 

3 shall submit to Congress, and make available on 

4 a publicly available website, a report that, at a 

5 minimum— 

6 (i) contains data demonstrating, for 

7 the year covered by the report and the year 

8 preceding the year covered by the report— 

9 (I) the number of communica10 tions network outages that are attrib11 utable to severe weather, natural dis12 asters, and climate change-related 

13 events (and the number of consumers 

14 affected by those communications net15 work outages); 

16 (II) any shifts in the energy con17 sumption patterns of communications 

18 networks and communications infra19 structure; and 

20 (III) any reduction in greenhouse 

21 gas emissions from communications 

22 networks and communications infra23 structure; and 

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1 ture because of severe weather, natural 

2 disasters, and climate change-related 

3 events. 

4 (3) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.—Not later than 

5 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

6 Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Ad7 ministrator of the Energy Information Administra8 tion, the Administrator of the Environmental Pro9 tection Agency, and the Federal Energy Regulatory 

10 Commission, shall submit to Congress a report 

11 that— 

12 (A) indicates the projected growth of elec13 trical consumption by data centers in the 

14 United States; and 

15 (B) includes recommendations for imple16 menting energy efficiency standards for data 

17 centers that would— 

18 (i) limit the growth described in sub19 paragraph (A) to the greatest extent prac20 ticable without— 

21 (I) reducing the rate of 

22 broadband adoption and usage in the 

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1 (II) limiting the development of 

2 new and improved technologies or 

3 services; and 

4 (ii) encourage the rapid adoption of 

5 renewable energy sources. 

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