CHARGE Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6281 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6281

   To direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a grant program to 
     facilitate the use of solar energy systems and energy storage 
   technologies at Federally qualified health centers, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 21, 2025

Mr. Smith of Washington (for himself, Mr. Valadao, Mrs. King-Hinds, Mr. 
Moylan, and Mr. Case) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a grant program to 
     facilitate the use of solar energy systems and energy storage 
   technologies at Federally qualified health centers, 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 ``Community Health Access Through 
Resilient Grid Energy Act of 2025'' or the ``CHARGE Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS AND ENERGY STORAGE 
              TECHNOLOGIES AT FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS.

    (a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Assistant 
Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy of the Department 
of Energy, shall establish a program to award grants to eligible 
entities for the conduct of qualifying projects (in this section 
referred to as the ``program'').
    (b) Grants.--
            (1) Application.--The Secretary may award a grant under the 
        program if an applicant submits to the Secretary an application 
        at such time, in such form, and containing such information as 
        the Secretary determines appropriate, including a description 
        of--
                    (A) the qualifying project proposed to be conducted 
                by the eligible entity using such grant amounts; and
                    (B) as applicable, how the eligible entity plans to 
                select any Federally qualified health center with 
                respect to which such qualifying project will be 
                conducted.
            (2) Use of grant amounts.--Grant amounts awarded under the 
        program may only be used to conduct a qualifying project.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to implement the program $50,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2026 through 2030.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Applicant.--The term ``applicant'' means an eligible 
        entity that applies for a grant under the program.
            (2) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means--
                    (A) a unit of State or local government;
                    (B) a Federally qualified health center;
                    (C) a nonprofit membership organization that 
                operates at the national, regional, or State level and 
                includes within its membership one or more Federally 
                qualified health centers; or
                    (D) a provider consortia or network that is 
                majority owned or majority controlled by one or more 
                Federally qualified health centers.
            (3) Energy storage technology.--The term ``energy storage 
        technology'' has the meaning given that term in section 
        48E(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
            (4) Federally qualified health center.--The term 
        ``Federally qualified health center'' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 1905(l)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 1396d(l)(2)(B)).
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Energy.
            (6) Solar energy system.--The term ``solar energy 
        system''--
                    (A) means an engineered assembly of components that 
                capture solar radiation and convert such radiation into 
                an energy source through technologies such as 
                photovoltaic panels or solar thermal collectors; and
                    (B) includes any supporting infrastructure for the 
                delivery of such energy for use.
            (7) Qualifying project.--The term ``qualifying project'' 
        means a project--
                    (A) to install at one or more Federally qualified 
                health centers a solar energy system or an energy 
                storage technology; or
                    (B) to provide to one or more Federally qualified 
                health centers technical assistance relating to the 
                design, installation, operation, or use of a solar 
                energy system or energy storage technology.
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