RISE UP Act

Bill: 117-hr-6983
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2022-03-08
Policy area: Energy
Latest action: action_date: 2022-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-03-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Responding to Interruptions in the Supply of Energy to Undermine Putin Act or the RISE UP Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the President to submit to Congress a report that (1) summarizes the existing authorities of the federal government to respond to a severe energy supply interruption, (2) assesses whether the existing authorities provide for an adequate response to such an interruption, and (3) identifies any additional statutory authority needed to allow the government to better respond to such an interruption.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6983 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 8, 2022 Mr. Joyce of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To require the President to transmit to Congress a report on existing and needed authority to respond to a severe energy supply interruption.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Responding to Interruptions in the Supply of Energy to Undermine Putin Act or the RISE UP Act . 2. Report on response authority to severe energy supply interruptions (a) Report Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the head of any other Federal agency the President determines appropriate, shall transmit to Congress a report that— (1) summarizes the existing authorities of the Federal Government to respond to a severe energy supply interruption; (2) provides an assessment of whether such existing authorities provide for an adequate response to a severe energy supply interruption; and (3) identifies any additional statutory authority needed to allow the Federal Government to better respond to a severe energy supply interruption. (b) Definition of severe energy supply interruption In this section, the term severe energy supply interruption has the meaning given such term in section 3(8) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6202(8) ).