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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 regu-
latory actions that affect the reliable operation of the 
bulk-power system. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Guaranteeing Reliable 
Infrastructure Development Act’’ or the ‘‘GRID Act’’. 
SEC. 2. COORDINATION PROCESS TO PROTECT ELECTRIC 
RELIABILITY. 
Section 215 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 
824o) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating subsections (h) through (k) 
as subsections (i) through (l), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(h) COMMISSION REVIEW AND COMMENT FOR PRO-
POSED COVERED AGENCY ACTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—If the Commission or a 
State commission determines, on its own motion or 
on a request from another Federal agency, that a 
covered agency action proposed by a Federal agency 
other than the Commission is likely to have a signifi-
cant negative impact on the reliability and adequacy 
of the bulk-power system in North America, the 
agency head with respect to such proposed covered 
agency action shall provide to the Commission such 
proposed covered agency action for review and com-
ment— 
‘‘(A) on the first date on which such pro-
posed covered agency action is provided to the 
Office of Management and Budget or any other 
Federal agency for review and comment; or 
‘‘(B) if such proposed covered agency ac-
tion is not provided to the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget or any other Federal agency 
for review and comment, not later than 90 days 
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before the date on which the agency head pub-
lishes in the Federal Register or otherwise 
makes available for public inspection or com-
ment such proposed covered agency action. 
‘‘(2) COMMISSION
COMMENTS.—The Commis-
sion, in consultation with the ERO, shall, by order, 
provide to the agency head that provides a proposed 
covered agency action to the Commission under 
paragraph (1) comments on such proposed covered 
agency action. 
‘‘(3) AGENCY RESPONSE.—An agency head may 
not finalize a proposed covered agency action for 
which a determination is made under paragraph 
(1)— 
‘‘(A) until the agency head has responded 
in writing to the Commission with an expla-
nation of how the agency head has modified, or 
why the agency head has determined not to 
modify, such proposed covered agency action in 
response to each comment provided by the 
Commission under paragraph (2); or 
‘‘(B) if the Commission finds that the 
agency head has not modified such proposed 
covered agency action based on the comments 
provided by the Commission under paragraph 
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(2) to prevent a significant negative impact on 
the reliability and adequacy of the bulk-power 
system in North America. 
‘‘(4) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF COMMENTS AND 
RESPONSES.—An agency head shall include the com-
ments and responses for the proposed covered agen-
cy action in the proposed agency action as— 
‘‘(A) submitted to the Federal Register for 
publication; or 
‘‘(B) otherwise made available for public 
inspection or comment. 
‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) AGENCY
HEAD.—The term ‘agency 
head’ means the head of a Federal agency that 
proposed a covered agency action. 
‘‘(B) COVERED
AGENCY
ACTION.—The 
term ‘covered agency action’ means a rule, reg-
ulation, standard, criteria document, deadline, 
or determination. 
‘‘(C) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term ‘Fed-
eral agency’ means an Executive department 
(as that term is defined in section 101 of title 
5, United States Code) or any other Executive 
agency that is in the President’s cabinet.’’. 
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