Title: GRID Act of 2020
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Guaranteeing Resilient Installations for Defense Act of 2020 or the GRID Act of 2020
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to carry out a two-year pilot program under which DOE must implement mitigating actions to address vulnerabilities assessed at critical defense facilities and their associated defense critical electric infrastructure, after consultation with, and with the consent of, the owners of such infrastructure.
DOE shall identify, designate, and mitigate vulnerabilities at facilities located in any state that are (1) critical to the defense of the United States, and (2) vulnerable to a disruption of the supply of electric energy provided to such facility by an external provider.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7203 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 15, 2020

   Mr. Crow (for himself, Mr. Bacon, and Mr. Peters) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
  Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 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 infrastructure, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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''.

SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM ON IMPLEMENTATION OF MITIGATING ACTIONS TO 
              ADDRESS VULNERABILITIES TO DEFENSE CRITICAL ELECTRIC 
              INFRASTRUCTURE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Energy, in coordination with the 
Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries 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 
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 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 selecting such installations, the 
Secretary shall--
            (1) ensure that at least one of the military installations 
        selected is an installation of each of Armed Forces;
            (2) select installations that represent different 
        challenges or severities with respect to electric 
        infrastructure vulnerability;
            (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 congressional 
                committees a report on the results of the review.
            (2) Contents.--The review required under this subsection 
        shall include an assessment of the effectiveness 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:
            (1) The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
        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 Senate.
            (2) The term ``defense critical electric infrastructure'' 
        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 section. Amounts authorized to be appropriated under 
this subsection shall remain available until expended without fiscal 
year limitation.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF CRITICAL DEFENSE FACILITIES AND DEFENSE CRITICAL 
              ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE 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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