,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #chbi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bf1      
#bjag,mr4 ,soto 7for himself and ,mr4   
,curbelo of ,florida7 introduced the    
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to establish a program to   
provide grants to ,states1 local        
governments1 and electric utilities to  
make electric infrastructure more       
resilient to hurricanes1 tornadoes1 and 
other major weather-related events4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 ,the ,uniform ,federal ,grants for     
,resilient ,infrastructure and ,design  
,act of #bjag or ,,tufgrid ,act of      
#bjag4  #b4 ,grant program  7a7         
,establishment ,the ,secretary of       
,energy shall establish and carry out a 
program to provide grants to ,states1   
local governments1 and electric         
utilities to make electric              
infrastructure more resilient to        
hurricanes1 tornadoes1 and other major  

weather-related events4  7b7 ,use of    
grants ,grants provided pursuant to the 
program established under subsection 7a7
 may be used to-- 7#a7 relocate electric
 distribution power lines and facilities
 from above ground to underground2  7#b7
 replace wooden electric distribution   
poles with metal1 composite1 or concrete
 electric distribution poles2 or  7#c7  
any other use the ,secretary considers  
appropriate to make electric            
infrastructure more resilient to        
hurricanes1 tornadoes1 and other major  
weather-related events4  7c7 ,priority  
,in providing grants under the program  
established under subsection 7a71 the   
,secretary shall give priority to       
,states1 local governments1 and electric
 utilities that serve areas that are1 as
 determined by the ,secretary1          
historically prone to hurricanes1       
tornadoes1 or other major               
weather-related events4  7d7 ,federal   
share ,the ,federal share of the costs  
of a project or activity carried out    

using a grant provided under the program
 established under subsection 7a7 may   
not exceed #ej percent4