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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7203 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program on the 
implementation of mitigating actions to address vulnerabilities to defense 
critical electric infrastructure, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 15, 2020 
Mr. CROW (for himself, Mr. BACON, and Mr. PETERS) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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 defense critical electric infra-
structure, and for other purposes. 
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 Resilient 
Installations for Defense Act of 2020’’ or the ‘‘GRID Act 
of 2020’’. 
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SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM ON IMPLEMENTATION OF MITI-
GATING 
ACTIONS 
TO 
ADDRESS 
VULNERABILITIES TO DEFENSE CRITICAL 
ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy, in co-
ordination with the Secretary of Defense and the Secre-
taries of each of the military departments, shall carry out 
a two-year pilot program under which the Secretary shall 
implement mitigating actions to address vulnerabilities as-
sessed under section 215A of the Federal Power Act (16 
U.S.C. 824o–1) at critical defense facilities and their asso-
ciated defense critical electric infrastructure, after con-
sultation with, and with the consent of, the owners of such 
infrastructure. 
(b) SELECTION OF INSTALLATIONS.—The Secretary 
shall select at least three military installations at which 
to carry out the pilot program under this section. In se-
lecting such installations, the Secretary shall— 
(1) ensure that at least one of the military in-
stallations selected is an installation of each of 
Armed Forces; 
(2) select installations that represent different 
challenges or severities with respect to electric infra-
structure vulnerability; 
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(3) select at least one critical defense facility 
within the service territory of a Power Marketing 
Administration; and 
(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. 
(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 Act: 
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(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committees on Armed Services 
and Energy and Commerce of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(B) the Committees on Armed Services 
and Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen-
ate. 
(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 ‘‘mitigating action’’ means any 
energy resiliency solution applied that is consistent 
with an assessed strategy to reduce defense critical 
electric infrastructure vulnerabilities. 
(4) 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)). 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2021, 
$25,000,000 to carry out the pilot program under this sec-
tion. Amounts authorized to be appropriated under this 
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subsection shall remain available until expended without 
fiscal year limitation. 
SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF CRITICAL DEFENSE FACILITIES AND 
DEFENSE CRITICAL ELECTRIC INFRASTRUC-
TURE TO INCLUDE HAWAII, ALASKA, AND THE 
TERRITORIES AND ADDITION OF MITIGATION 
AUTHORITY. 
Section 215A of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 
824o–1) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(4), by striking ‘‘of the 48 
contiguous States or the District of Columbia’’ and 
inserting in its place ‘‘State’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘identify and designate’’ 
and inserting ‘‘identify, designate, and mitigate 
vulnerabilities at’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the 48 contiguous States 
and the District of Columbia’’ and inserting in 
its place ‘‘any State’’. 
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