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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5135 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program on the 
implementation of mitigating actions to address vulnerabilities to critical 
defense facilities and associated defense critical electric infrastructure, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 31, 2021 
Mr. CROW (for himself, Mr. PETERS, and Mr. BACON) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and 
in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation 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 critical defense facilities and 
associated defense critical electric infrastructure, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Guaranteeing Resilient 
Installations for Defense Act of 2021’’ or the ‘‘GRID Act 
of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM ON IMPLEMENTATION OF MITI-
GATING 
ACTIONS 
TO 
ADDRESS 
VULNERABILITIES TO CRITICAL DEFENSE FA-
CILITIES AND ASSOCIATED DEFENSE CRIT-
ICAL ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE. 
(a) TWO-YEAR PILOT AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the Secretary of Energy, the Sec-
retaries of each of the military departments, and the 
Secretary of the department in which the Coast 
Guard is operating, shall carry out a two-year pilot 
program under which the Secretary shall implement 
mitigating actions to address vulnerabilities assessed 
under section 215A of the Federal Power Act (16 
U.S.C. 824o–1) at critical defense facilities and their 
associated defense critical electric infrastructure, 
after consultation with, and with the consent of, the 
owners of such facilities and infrastructure. 
(2) USE OF GRANT AUTHORITY.—In carrying 
out the pilot program, the Secretary of Defense may 
make grants, enter into cooperative agreements, and 
supplement funds available under Federal programs 
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administered by agencies other than the Department 
of Defense to support mitigating actions under this 
section. 
(b) SELECTION OF INSTALLATIONS.—The Secretary 
of Defense shall select at least three military installations 
designated as critical defense facilities at which to carry 
out the pilot program under this section. In selecting such 
installations, the Secretary shall— 
(1) ensure that at least one of the military in-
stallations selected is an installation of each of the 
Armed Forces; 
(2) select installations that represent different 
challenges or severities with respect to electric infra-
structure vulnerability; 
(3) select at least one critical defense facility 
within the service territory of a Power Marketing 
Administration; 
(4) provide particular consideration for critical 
defense facilities and the associated defense critical 
electric infrastructure that use rural cooperatives or 
municipal entities for their electricity needs; and 
(5) provide particular consideration for critical 
defense facilities and defense critical electric infra-
structure that have completed an assessment of 
vulnerabilities and resilience requirements in coordi-
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nation with the Secretary of Defense and the Sec-
retary of Energy. 
(c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than two years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall— 
(A) conduct a review of the pilot program 
under this section; and 
(B) submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report on the results of the 
review. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The review required under 
this subsection shall include an assessment of the ef-
fectiveness of the mitigating actions taken under the 
pilot program and the feasibility of expanding the 
implementation of such mitigating actions at other 
installations identified under section 215A(a)(4) of 
the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824o–1(a)(4)). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
House of Representatives; and 
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(B) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate. 
(2) The term ‘‘defense critical electric infra-
structure’’ has the meaning given such term under 
section 215A(a)(4) of the Federal Power Act (16 
U.S.C. 824o–1(a)(4)). 
(3) The term ‘‘critical defense facility’’ means a 
facility designated as a critical defense facility under 
section 215A(c) of the Federal Power Act (16 
U.S.C. 824o–1(c)). 
(4) The term ‘‘mitigating action’’ means any 
energy resiliency solution applied that is consistent 
with an assessed strategy to reduce vulnerabilities at 
critical defense facilities and associated defense crit-
ical electric infrastructure. 
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