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Union Calendar No. 353 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6185 

[Report No. 118–427] 

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 

MARCH 19, 2024 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

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

bulk-power system. 


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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— 

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

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

12 (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(h) COMMISSION REVIEW AND COMMENT FOR PRO15 POSED COVERED AGENCY ACTIONS.— 

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

17 State commission determines, on its own motion or 

18 on a request from another Federal agency, that a 

19 covered agency action proposed by a Federal agency 

20 other than the Commission is likely to have a signifi21 cant negative impact on the reliability and adequacy 

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

23 agency head with respect to such proposed covered 

24 agency action shall provide to the Commission such 


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1 proposed covered agency action for review and com2 ment— 

3 ‘‘(A) on the first date on which such pro4 posed covered agency action is provided to the 

5 Office of Management and Budget or any other 

6 Federal agency for review and comment; or 

7 ‘‘(B) if such proposed covered agency ac8 tion is not provided to the Office of Manage9 ment and Budget or any other Federal agency 

10 for review and comment, not later than 90 days 

11 before the date on which the agency head pub12 lishes in the Federal Register or otherwise 

13 makes available for public inspection or com14 ment such proposed covered agency action. 

15 ‘‘(2) COMMISSION COMMENTS.—The Commis16 sion, in consultation with the ERO, shall, by order, 

17 provide to the agency head that provides a proposed 

18 covered agency action to the Commission under 

19 paragraph (1) comments on such proposed covered 

20 agency action. 

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

22 not finalize a proposed covered agency action for 

23 which a determination is made under paragraph 

24 (1)— 


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

2 in writing to the Commission with an expla3 nation of how the agency head has modified, or 

4 why the agency head has determined not to 

5 modify, such proposed covered agency action in 

6 response to each comment provided by the 

7 Commission under paragraph (2); or 

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

9 agency head has not modified such proposed 

10 covered agency action based on the comments 

11 provided by the Commission under paragraph 

12 (2) to prevent a significant negative impact on 

13 the reliability and adequacy of the bulk-power 

14 system in North America. 

15 ‘‘(4) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF COMMENTS AND

16 RESPONSES.—An agency head shall include the com17 ments and responses for the proposed covered agen18 cy action in the proposed agency action as— 

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

20 publication; or 

21 ‘‘(B) otherwise made available for public 

22 inspection or comment. 

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


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

2 head’ means the head of a Federal agency that 

3 proposed a covered agency action. 

4 ‘‘(B) COVERED AGENCY ACTION.—The 

5 term ‘covered agency action’ means a rule, reg6 ulation, standard, criteria document, deadline, 

7 or determination. 

8 ‘‘(C) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term ‘Fed9 eral agency’ means an Executive department 

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

11 5, United States Code) or any other Executive 

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


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Union Calendar No. 353 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6185 

[Report No. 118–427] 

A BILL 

To require coordination among Federal agencies on 

ation of the bulk-power system. regulatory actions that affect the reliable operMARCH 19, 2024 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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