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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7203 

To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program on the 

implementation of mitigating actions to address vulnerabilities to defense 

critical electric infrastructure, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 15, 2020 

Mr. CROW (for himself, Mr. BACON, and Mr. PETERS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period 

to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 

concerned 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot 

program on the implementation of mitigating actions to 

address vulnerabilities to defense critical electric infrastructure, 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 ‘‘Guaranteeing Resilient 

5 Installations for Defense Act of 2020’’ or the ‘‘GRID Act 

6 of 2020’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM ON IMPLEMENTATION OF MITI2 GATING ACTIONS TO ADDRESS 

3 VULNERABILITIES TO DEFENSE CRITICAL 

4 ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy, in co6 ordination with the Secretary of Defense and the Secre7 taries of each of the military departments, shall carry out 

8 a two-year pilot program under which the Secretary shall 

9 implement mitigating actions to address vulnerabilities as10 sessed under section 215A of the Federal Power Act (16 

11 U.S.C. 824o–1) at critical defense facilities and their asso12 ciated defense critical electric infrastructure, after con13 sultation with, and with the consent of, the owners of such 

14 infrastructure. 

15 (b) SELECTION OF INSTALLATIONS.—The Secretary 

16 shall select at least three military installations at which 

17 to carry out the pilot program under this section. In se18 lecting such installations, the Secretary shall— 

19 (1) ensure that at least one of the military in20 stallations selected is an installation of each of 

21 Armed Forces; 

22 (2) select installations that represent different 

23 challenges or severities with respect to electric infra24 structure vulnerability; 


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1 (3) select at least one critical defense facility 

2 within the service territory of a Power Marketing 

3 Administration; and 

4 (4) provide particular consideration for critical 

5 defense facilities and the associated defense critical 

6 electric infrastructure that use rural cooperatives or 

7 municipal entities for their electricity needs. 

8 (c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than two years 

10 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

11 Comptroller General of the United States shall— 

12 (A) conduct a review of the pilot program 

13 under this section; and 

14 (B) submit to the appropriate congres15 sional committees a report on the results of the 

16 review. 

17 (2) CONTENTS.—The review required under 

18 this subsection shall include an assessment of the ef19 fectiveness of the mitigating actions taken under the 

20 pilot program and the feasibility of expanding the 

21 implementation of such mitigating actions at other 

22 installations identified under section 215A(a)(4) of 

23 the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824o–1(a)(4)). 

24 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 


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1 (1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com2 mittees’’ means— 

3 (A) the Committees on Armed Services 

4 and Energy and Commerce of the House of 

5 Representatives; and 

6 (B) the Committees on Armed Services 

7 and Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen8 ate. 

9 (2) The term ‘‘defense critical electric infra10 structure’’ has the meaning given such term under 

11 section 215A(a)(4) of the Federal Power Act (16 

12 U.S.C. 824o–1(a)(4)). 

13 (3) The term ‘‘mitigating action’’ means any 

14 energy resiliency solution applied that is consistent 

15 with an assessed strategy to reduce defense critical 

16 electric infrastructure vulnerabilities. 

17 (4) The term ‘‘critical defense facility’’ means a 

18 facility designated as a critical defense facility under 

19 section 215A(c) of the Federal Power Act (16 

20 U.S.C. 824o–1(c)). 

21 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

22 authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2021, 

23 $25,000,000 to carry out the pilot program under this sec24 tion. Amounts authorized to be appropriated under this 


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1 subsection shall remain available until expended without 

2 fiscal year limitation. 

3 SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF CRITICAL DEFENSE FACILITIES AND 

4 DEFENSE CRITICAL ELECTRIC INFRASTRUC5 TURE TO INCLUDE HAWAII, ALASKA, AND THE 

6 TERRITORIES AND ADDITION OF MITIGATION 

7 AUTHORITY. 

8 Section 215A of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 

9 824o–1) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (a)(4), by striking ‘‘of the 48 

11 contiguous States or the District of Columbia’’ and 

12 inserting in its place ‘‘State’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (c)— 

14 (A) by striking ‘‘identify and designate’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘identify, designate, and mitigate 

16 vulnerabilities at’’; and 

17 (B) by striking ‘‘the 48 contiguous States 

18 and the District of Columbia’’ and inserting in 

19 its place ‘‘any State’’. 

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