S. 4719 — Introduced in Senate

II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4719 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 11 (legislative day, July 10), 2024Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself and Mr. Mullin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To provide the Secretary of Energy with the authority to enter into contracts and cooperative agreements to improve the security and resilience of defense critical electric infrastructure and reduce the vulnerability of critical defense facilities to the disruption of the supply of energy to those facilities, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Guaranteeing Resilient Installations for Defense Act of 2024 or the GRID Act of 2024. 2. Defense critical energy infrastructure security Section 215A of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824o–1) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (4), by striking of the 48 contiguous States or the District of Columbia and inserting State; (B) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (9); and (C) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following: (8) Resilience The term resilience has the meaning given the term in section 1304A(j) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17384a(j)). ; (2) in subsection (c), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking the 48 contiguous States and the District of Columbia and inserting any State; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (g) Authority To address vulnerabilities The Secretary may, to the extent that funds are made available for such purposes in advance in appropriations Acts, enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with external providers of energy— (1) to improve the security and resilience of defense critical electric infrastructure; and (2) to reduce the vulnerability of critical defense facilities designated under subsection (c) to the disruption of the supply of energy to those facilities. .