GRID Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6185 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6185

 To require coordination among Federal agencies on regulatory actions 
      that affect the reliable operation of the bulk-power system.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 2, 2023

  Mr. Duncan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require coordination among Federal agencies on regulatory actions 
      that affect the reliable operation of the bulk-power system.

    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 Reliable Infrastructure 
Development Act'' or the ``GRID Act''.

SEC. 2. COORDINATION PROCESS TO PROTECT ELECTRIC RELIABILITY.

    Section 215 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824o) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (h) through (k) as 
        subsections (i) through (l), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following:
    ``(h) Commission Review and Comment for Proposed Covered Agency 
Actions.--
            ``(1) Requirement.--If the Commission or a State commission 
        determines, on its own motion or on a request from another 
        Federal agency, that a covered agency action proposed by a 
        Federal agency other than the Commission is likely to have a 
        significant negative impact on the reliability and adequacy of 
        the bulk-power system in North America, the agency head with 
        respect to such proposed covered agency action shall provide to 
        the Commission such proposed covered agency action for review 
        and comment--
                    ``(A) on the first date on which such proposed 
                covered agency action is provided to the Office of 
                Management and Budget or any other Federal agency for 
                review and comment; or
                    ``(B) if such proposed covered agency action is not 
                provided to the Office of Management and Budget or any 
                other Federal agency for review and comment, not later 
                than 90 days before the date on which the agency head 
                publishes in the Federal Register or otherwise makes 
                available for public inspection or comment such 
                proposed covered agency action.
            ``(2) Commission comments.--The Commission, in consultation 
        with the ERO, shall, by order, provide to the agency head that 
        provides a proposed covered agency action to the Commission 
        under paragraph (1) comments on such proposed covered agency 
        action.
            ``(3) Agency response.--An agency head may not finalize a 
        proposed covered agency action for which a determination is 
        made under paragraph (1)--
                    ``(A) until the agency head has responded in 
                writing to the Commission with an explanation of how 
                the agency head has modified, or why the agency head 
                has determined not to modify, such proposed covered 
                agency action in response to each comment provided by 
                the Commission under paragraph (2); or
                    ``(B) if the Commission finds that the agency head 
                has not modified such proposed covered agency action 
                based on the comments provided by the Commission under 
                paragraph (2) to prevent a significant negative impact 
                on the reliability and adequacy of the bulk-power 
                system in North America.
            ``(4) Public availability of comments and responses.--An 
        agency head shall include the comments and responses for the 
        proposed covered agency action in the proposed agency action 
        as--
                    ``(A) submitted to the Federal Register for 
                publication; or
                    ``(B) otherwise made available for public 
                inspection or comment.
            ``(5) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Agency head.--The term `agency head' means 
                the head of a Federal agency that proposed a covered 
                agency action.
                    ``(B) Covered agency action.--The term `covered 
                agency action' means a rule, regulation, standard, 
                criteria document, deadline, or determination.
                    ``(C) Federal agency.--The term `Federal agency' 
                means an Executive department (as that term is defined 
                in section 101 of title 5, United States Code) or any 
                other Executive agency that is in the President's 
                cabinet.''.
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