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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Electric Supply Chain 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ASSESSMENT AND REPORT ON THE SUPPLY CHAIN 
FOR THE GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION 
OF ELECTRICITY. 
(a) ASSESSMENT.—In carrying out the requirements 
of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 
7101 et seq.), the Secretary shall, for purposes of moni-
toring the supply chain for the generation and trans-
mission of electricity and in consultation with relevant 
stakeholders, prepare periodic assessments on such supply 
chain that— 
(1) include information on— 
(A) efforts and opportunities to strength-
en, secure, and expand such supply chain, in-
cluding with respect to overcoming obstacles to 
broader deployment of advanced transmission 
technologies, including advanced conductors and 
other technologies that can be installed to in-
crease the transfer capacity, efficiency, afford-
ability, reliability, or resiliency of transmission 
infrastructure; 
(B) any trends, risks, and vulnerabilities in 
the supply, demand, and availability of compo-
nents for or related to generating or transmit-
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ting electricity, including components that are 
necessary for the construction or deployment of 
facilities that generate or transmit electricity or 
can 
support 
advanced 
transmission 
tech-
nologies, including advanced conductors and 
other technologies that can be installed to in-
crease the transfer capacity, efficiency, afford-
ability, reliability, or resiliency of transmission 
infrastructure; 
(C) national security and energy security 
considerations for strengthening, securing, and 
expanding such supply chain, including efforts 
of any foreign entity of concern to exploit sup-
ply chain disruptions for the purposes of under-
mining United States leadership in artificial in-
telligence development; 
(D) barriers to expanding the capacity 
to— 
(i) manufacture, deliver, and install 
components for or related to generating or 
transmitting electricity in the United 
States; and 
(ii) process critical materials in the 
United States; 
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(E) domestic policies that deter or other-
wise inhibit greater investment into such supply 
chain; 
(F) the effects of any reliance of the 
United States on any foreign entity of concern 
for— 
(i) components for or related to gener-
ating or transmitting electricity; and 
(ii) the exploration, development, or 
production of critical materials necessary 
for manufacturing such components; 
(G) workforce challenges affecting such 
supply chain; 
(H) any vulnerabilities from the employ-
ment of any non-United States citizen at a fa-
cility located in the United States that gen-
erates or transmits electricity; and 
(I) opportunities to expand participation in 
the workforce supporting such supply chain by 
veterans, transitioning servicemembers, and 
military spouses, including any barriers to entry 
in such workforce and opportunities for en-
hanced Federal coordination; 
(2) identify emerging issues in such supply 
chain; and 
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(3) include recommendations to— 
(A) address any emerging issues identified 
under paragraph (2); and 
(B) secure and expand such supply chain. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, and periodically thereafter, the 
Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
Congress a report on the most recent assessment prepared 
under subsection (a). 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CON-
GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate. 
(2) CRITICAL
MATERIAL.—The term ‘‘critical 
material’’ has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 7002(a) of the Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 
1606(a)). 
(3) ELECTRIC
RELIABILITY
ORGANIZATION.— 
The term ‘‘Electric Reliability Organization’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 215(a) of the 
Federal Power Act (42 U.S.C. 824o(a)). 
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(4) ELECTRIC
UTILITY.—The term ‘‘electric 
utility’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
3 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 796). 
(5) FOREIGN ENTITY OF CONCERN.—The term 
‘‘foreign entity of concern’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 40207(a) of the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act (42 U.S.C. 18741(a)). 
(6) RELEVANT STAKEHOLDER.—The term ‘‘rel-
evant stakeholder’’— 
(A) means a stakeholder that is involved 
in— 
(i) the generation, storage, trans-
mission, or distribution of electricity; or 
(ii) the supply chain for such genera-
tion, storage, transmission, or distribution; 
and 
(B) includes an electric utility, an electric 
grid component manufacturer, a person who 
constructs an electric generating facility, an 
electric power system cybersecurity expert, the 
Electric Reliability Organization, a ratepayer 
advocacy stakeholder, and any other related pri-
vate sector stakeholder. 
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(7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 11, 
2025. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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