SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS. 
Title XIII of the Energy Independence and Security 
Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17381 et. seq.), as amended, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1313. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this title, the following definitions apply: 
‘‘(1) CRITICAL FACILITY.—The term ‘critical fa-
cility’ means a manmade structure that the Secretary 
determines vital to socioeconomic activities such that, 
if destroyed or damaged, such destruction or damage 
could cause substantial disruption to such socio-
economic activities. 
‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTION
AUTOMATION.—The term 
‘distribution automation’ means systems and tech-
nologies that exert intelligent control over electrical 
grid functions at the distribution level. 
‘‘(3) RESILIENCE.—The term ‘resilience’ means 
the ability to withstand and reduce the magnitude or 
duration of disruptive events, which includes the ca-
pability to anticipate, absorb, adapt to, or rapidly re-
cover from such an event, including from deliberate 
attacks, accidents, and naturally occurring threats or 
incidents.’’. 
SEC. 10. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS; AUTHORIZATION OF 
APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
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(1) ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY ACT 
OF 2007.—Section 1(b) of the Energy Independence 
and Security Act of 2007 is amended in the table of 
contents— 
(A) by inserting the following after the item 
related to section 136: 
‘‘Sec. 137. Research and development into integrating electric vehicles onto the 
electric grid.’’; 
(B) by inserting the following after the item 
related to section 425: 
‘‘Sec. 426. Advanced integration of buildings onto the electric grid.’’; 
(C) by inserting the following after the item 
related to section 1304: 
‘‘Sec. 1304a. Smart grid modeling, visualization, architecture, and controls.’’; 
and 
(D) by inserting the following after the item 
related to section 1309: 
‘‘Sec. 1310. Grid resilience and emergency response. 
‘‘Sec. 1311. Hybrid energy systems. 
‘‘Sec. 1312. Industry Alliance. 
‘‘Sec. 1313. Definitions.’’. 
(2) ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2005.—Section 1(b) 
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 is amended in the 
table of contents by inserting the following after the 
item related to section 935: 
‘‘Sec. 936. Research and development into integrating renewable energy onto the 
electric grid.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated— 
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(1) to carry out sections 7 and 8 and the amend-
ments made by sections 2 and 3 of this Act— 
(A) $170,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 
(B) $175,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 
(C) $180,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
(D) $185,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; and 
(E) $190,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 
(2) to carry out section 5 of this Act— 
(A) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 
(B) $21,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 
(C) $22,050,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
(D) $23,153,000 for fiscal year 2023; and 
(E) $24,310,000 for fiscal year 2024; and 
(3) to carry out section 6 of this Act— 
(A) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 
(B) $52,500,000 for fiscal year 2021; 
(C) $55,152,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
(D) $57,882,000 for fiscal year 2023; and 
(E) $60,775,000 for fiscal year 2024. 
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Union Calendar No. 380 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5428 
[Report No. 116–474] 
A BILL 
To amend the Energy Independence and Security 
Act of 2007 and the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
to direct Federal research on grid modernization 
and security, and for other purposes. 
AUGUST 11, 2020 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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