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Union Calendar No. 380 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5428 
[Report No. 116–474] 
To amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 and the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct Federal research on grid moderniza-
tion and security, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 13, 2019 
Mr. LAMB (for himself and Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
AUGUST 11, 2020 
Additional sponsors: Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mr. 
MCADAMS 
AUGUST 11, 2020 
Reported with an amendment; committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on December 13, 2019] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 
2007 and the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct Fed-
eral research on grid modernization and security, and 
for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Grid Modernization Research and Development Act of 
2020’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Smart grid regional demonstration initiative. 
Sec. 3. Smart grid modeling, visualization, architecture, and controls. 
Sec. 4. Enhancing grid resilience and emergency response. 
Sec. 5. Hybrid energy systems. 
Sec. 6. Grid integration research and development. 
Sec. 7. Industry alliance. 
Sec. 8. Coordination of efforts. 
Sec. 9. Definitions. 
Sec. 10. Technical amendments; authorization of appropriations. 
SEC. 2. SMART GRID REGIONAL DEMONSTRATION INITIA-
TIVE. 
Section 1304 of the Energy Independence and Security 
Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17384) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘research, de-
velopment, and demonstration’’ before ‘‘program’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
a smart grid regional demonstration initiative (re-
ferred to in this subsection as the ‘Initiative’) com-
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posed of demonstration projects focused on cost-effec-
tive, advanced technologies for use in power grid sens-
ing, communications, analysis, power flow control, 
visualization, distribution automation, industrial 
control systems, dynamic line rating systems, grid re-
design, and the integration of distributed energy re-
sources.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in subparagraph (E), by striking 
the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by inserting at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(F) to encourage the commercial applica-
tion of advanced distribution automation tech-
nologies that improve system resilience.’’. 
SEC. 3. SMART GRID MODELING, VISUALIZATION, ARCHI-
TECTURE, AND CONTROLS. 
Title XIII of the Energy Independence and Security 
Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17381 et seq.) is amended by insert-
ing after section 1304 the following: 
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