,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gbjc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ae1 #bjbj,mr4 
,crow 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,bacon1 and    
,mr4 ,peters7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1 and
 in addition to the ,committee on ,armed
 ,services1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration 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               
infrastructure1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,guaranteeing ,resilient        
,installations for ,defense ,act of     
#bjbj or the ,,grid ,act of #bjbj4  #b4 
,pilot program on implementation of     
mitigating actions to address           

vulnerabilities to defense critical     
electric infrastructure  7a7 ,in general
 ,the ,secretary of ,energy1 in         
coordination with the ,secretary of     
,defense and the ,secretaries of each of
 the military departments1 shall carry  
out a two-year pilot program under which
 the ,secretary shall implement         
mitigating actions to address           
vulnerabilities assessed under section  
#bae;,a of the ,federal ,power ,act 7#af
 ,u4,s4,c4 #hbdo-#a7 at critical defense
 facilities and their associated defense
 critical electric infrastructure1 after
 consultation with1 and with the consent
 of1 the owners of such infrastructure4 
7b7 ,selection of installations ,the    
,secretary shall select at least three  
military installations at which to carry
 out the pilot program under this       
section4 ,in selecting such             
installations1 the ,secretary shall--   
7#a7 ensure that at least one of the    
military installations selected is an   
installation of each of ,armed ,forces2 

7#b7 select installations that represent
 different challenges or severities with
 respect to electric infrastructure     
vulnerability2  7#c7 select at least one
 critical defense facility within the   
service territory of a ,power ,marketing
 ,administration2 and  7#d7 provide     
particular consideration for critical   
defense facilities and the associated   
defense critical electric infrastructure
 that use rural cooperatives or         
municipal entities for their electricity
 needs4  7c7 ,comptroller ,general      
review  7#a7 ,in general ,not later than
 two years after the date of the        
enactment of this ,act1 the ,comptroller
 ,general of the ,united ,states shall--
 7,a7 conduct a review of the pilot     
program under this section2 and  7,b7   
submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on the results of   
the review4  7#b7 ,contents ,the review 
required under this subsection shall    
include an assessment of the            
effectiveness of the mitigating actions 

taken under the pilot program and the   
feasibility of expanding the            
implementation of such mitigating       
actions at other installations          
identified under section #bae;,a7a77#d7 
of the ,federal ,power ,act 7#af        
,u4,s4,c4 #hbdo-#a7;a77#d774  7d7       
,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7 ,the   
term appropriate congressional          
committees means-- 7,a7 the ,committees 
on ,armed ,services and ,energy and     
,commerce of the ,house of              
,representatives2 and  7,b7 the         
,committees on ,armed ,services and     
,energy and ,natural ,resources of the  
,senate4  7#b7 ,the term defense        
critical electric infrastructure has the
 meaning given such term under section  
#bae;,a7a77#d7 of the ,federal ,power   
,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #hbdo-#a7;a77#d774  
7#c7 ,the term mitigating action means  
any energy resiliency solution applied  
that is consistent with an assessed     
strategy to reduce defense critical     
electric infrastructure vulnerabilities4

  7#d7 ,the term critical defense       
facility means a facility designated as 
a critical defense facility under       
section #bae;,a7c7 of the ,federal      
,power ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4              
#hbdo-#a7;c774  7e7 ,authorization of   
appropriations ,there is authorized to  
be appropriated for fiscal year #bjba1  
#be1jjj1jjj to carry out the pilot      
program under this section4 ,amounts    
authorized to be appropriated under this
 subsection shall remain available until
 expended without fiscal year           
limitation4  #c4 ,extension of critical 
defense facilities and defense critical 
electric infrastructure to include      
,hawaii1 ,alaska1 and the ,territories  
and addition of mitigation authority    
,section #bae;,a of the ,federal ,power 
,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #hbdo-#a7 is        
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a77#d71 by
 striking of the #dh contiguous ,states 
or the ,district of ,columbia and       
inserting in its place ,state2  7#b7 in 
subsection 7c7-- 7,a7 by striking       

identify and designate and inserting    
identify1 designate1 and mitigate       
vulnerabilities at2 and  7,b7 by        
striking the #dh contiguous ,states and 
the ,district of ,columbia and inserting
 in its place any ,state4