GRID Act of 2020

I 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- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Guaranteeing Resilient 4 Installations for Defense Act of 2020’’ or the ‘‘GRID Act 5 of 2020’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:22 Jul 01, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7203.IH H7203 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 7203 IH SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM ON IMPLEMENTATION OF MITI- 1 GATING ACTIONS TO ADDRESS 2 VULNERABILITIES TO DEFENSE CRITICAL 3 ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE. 4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy, in co- 5 ordination with the Secretary of Defense and the Secre- 6 taries of each of the military departments, shall carry out 7 a two-year pilot program under which the Secretary shall 8 implement mitigating actions to address vulnerabilities as- 9 sessed under section 215A of the Federal Power Act (16 10 U.S.C. 824o–1) at critical defense facilities and their asso- 11 ciated defense critical electric infrastructure, after con- 12 sultation with, and with the consent of, the owners of such 13 infrastructure. 14 (b) SELECTION OF INSTALLATIONS.—The Secretary 15 shall select at least three military installations at which 16 to carry out the pilot program under this section. In se- 17 lecting such installations, the Secretary shall— 18 (1) ensure that at least one of the military in- 19 stallations selected is an installation of each of 20 Armed Forces; 21 (2) select installations that represent different 22 challenges or severities with respect to electric infra- 23 structure vulnerability; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:22 Jul 01, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7203.IH H7203 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 7203 IH (3) select at least one critical defense facility 1 within the service territory of a Power Marketing 2 Administration; and 3 (4) provide particular consideration for critical 4 defense facilities and the associated defense critical 5 electric infrastructure that use rural cooperatives or 6 municipal entities for their electricity needs. 7 (c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.— 8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than two years 9 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 10 Comptroller General of the United States shall— 11 (A) conduct a review of the pilot program 12 under this section; and 13 (B) submit to the appropriate congres- 14 sional committees a report on the results of the 15 review. 16 (2) CONTENTS.—The review required under 17 this subsection shall include an assessment of the ef- 18 fectiveness of the mitigating actions taken under the 19 pilot program and the feasibility of expanding the 20 implementation of such mitigating actions at other 21 installations identified under section 215A(a)(4) of 22 the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824o–1(a)(4)). 23 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:22 Jul 01, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7203.IH H7203 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 7203 IH (1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com- 1 mittees’’ means— 2 (A) the Committees on Armed Services 3 and Energy and Commerce of the House of 4 Representatives; and 5 (B) the Committees on Armed Services 6 and Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen- 7 ate. 8 (2) The term ‘‘defense critical electric infra- 9 structure’’ has the meaning given such term under 10 section 215A(a)(4) of the Federal Power Act (16 11 U.S.C. 824o–1(a)(4)). 12 (3) The term ‘‘mitigating action’’ means any 13 energy resiliency solution applied that is consistent 14 with an assessed strategy to reduce defense critical 15 electric infrastructure vulnerabilities. 16 (4) The term ‘‘critical defense facility’’ means a 17 facility designated as a critical defense facility under 18 section 215A(c) of the Federal Power Act (16 19 U.S.C. 824o–1(c)). 20 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 21 authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2021, 22 $25,000,000 to carry out the pilot program under this sec- 23 tion. Amounts authorized to be appropriated under this 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:22 Jul 01, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7203.IH H7203 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 7203 IH subsection shall remain available until expended without 1 fiscal year limitation. 2 SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF CRITICAL DEFENSE FACILITIES AND 3 DEFENSE CRITICAL ELECTRIC INFRASTRUC- 4 TURE TO INCLUDE HAWAII, ALASKA, AND THE 5 TERRITORIES AND ADDITION OF MITIGATION 6 AUTHORITY. 7 Section 215A of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 8 824o–1) is amended— 9 (1) in subsection (a)(4), by striking ‘‘of the 48 10 contiguous States or the District of Columbia’’ and 11 inserting in its place ‘‘State’’; 12 (2) in subsection (c)— 13 (A) by striking ‘‘identify and designate’’ 14 and inserting ‘‘identify, designate, and mitigate 15 vulnerabilities at’’; and 16 (B) by striking ‘‘the 48 contiguous States 17 and the District of Columbia’’ and inserting in 18 its place ‘‘any State’’. 19 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:22 Jul 01, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H7203.IH H7203 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS