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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6185 

To require coordination among Federal agencies on regulatory actions that 

affect the reliable operation of the bulk-power system. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 2, 2023 

Mr. DUNCAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To require coordination among Federal agencies on regulatory actions that affect the reliable operation of the 

bulk-power system. 

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 Reliable 

5 Infrastructure Development Act’’ or the ‘‘GRID Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. COORDINATION PROCESS TO PROTECT ELECTRIC 

7 RELIABILITY. 

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

9 824o) is amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating subsections (h) through (k) 

2 as subsections (i) through (l), respectively; and 

3 (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(h) COMMISSION REVIEW AND COMMENT FOR PRO6 POSED COVERED AGENCY ACTIONS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—If the Commission or a 

8 State commission determines, on its own motion or 

9 on a request from another Federal agency, that a 

10 covered agency action proposed by a Federal agency 

11 other than the Commission is likely to have a signifi12 cant negative impact on the reliability and adequacy 

13 of the bulk-power system in North America, the 

14 agency head with respect to such proposed covered 

15 agency action shall provide to the Commission such 

16 proposed covered agency action for review and com17 ment— 

18 ‘‘(A) on the first date on which such pro19 posed covered agency action is provided to the 

20 Office of Management and Budget or any other 

21 Federal agency for review and comment; or 

22 ‘‘(B) if such proposed covered agency ac23 tion is not provided to the Office of Manage24 ment and Budget or any other Federal agency 

25 for review and comment, not later than 90 days 


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1 before the date on which the agency head pub2 lishes in the Federal Register or otherwise 

3 makes available for public inspection or com4 ment such proposed covered agency action. 

5 ‘‘(2) COMMISSION COMMENTS.—The Commis6 sion, in consultation with the ERO, shall, by order, 

7 provide to the agency head that provides a proposed 

8 covered agency action to the Commission under 

9 paragraph (1) comments on such proposed covered 

10 agency action. 

11 ‘‘(3) AGENCY RESPONSE.—An agency head may 

12 not finalize a proposed covered agency action for 

13 which a determination is made under paragraph 

14 (1)— 

15 ‘‘(A) until the agency head has responded 

16 in writing to the Commission with an expla17 nation of how the agency head has modified, or 

18 why the agency head has determined not to 

19 modify, such proposed covered agency action in 

20 response to each comment provided by the 

21 Commission under paragraph (2); or 

22 ‘‘(B) if the Commission finds that the 

23 agency head has not modified such proposed 

24 covered agency action based on the comments 

25 provided by the Commission under paragraph 


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1 (2) to prevent a significant negative impact on 

2 the reliability and adequacy of the bulk-power 

3 system in North America. 

4 ‘‘(4) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF COMMENTS AND

5 RESPONSES.—An agency head shall include the com6 ments and responses for the proposed covered agen7 cy action in the proposed agency action as— 

8 ‘‘(A) submitted to the Federal Register for 

9 publication; or 

10 ‘‘(B) otherwise made available for public 

11 inspection or comment. 

12 ‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

13 ‘‘(A) AGENCY HEAD.—The term ‘agency 

14 head’ means the head of a Federal agency that 

15 proposed a covered agency action. 

16 ‘‘(B) COVERED AGENCY ACTION.—The 

17 term ‘covered agency action’ means a rule, reg18 ulation, standard, criteria document, deadline, 

19 or determination. 

20 ‘‘(C) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term ‘Fed21 eral agency’ means an Executive department 

22 (as that term is defined in section 101 of title 

23 5, United States Code) or any other Executive 

24 agency that is in the President’s cabinet.’’. 

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