,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #adbi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #aj1    
#bjbe,mr4 ,lankford 7for himself1 ,ms4  
,hassan1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,wicker1
 ,mr4 ,kim1 and ,mr4 ,mullin7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was read     
twice and referred to the ,committee on 
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the      
,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief 
and ,emergency ,assistance ,act to      
authorize ,federal agencies to provide  
certain essential assistance for hazard 
mitigation for electric utilities1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,promoting ,opportunities to ,widen     
,electrical ,resilience ,act of #bjbe or
 the ,,power ,act of #bjbe 4  #b4       
,essential assistance  7a7 ,in general  
,section #djc of the ,robert ,t4        
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eagj;b7 is amended by adding 

at the end the following3  7e7 ,electric
 utilities  7#a7 ,hazard mitigation     
activities ,an electric utility may     
carry out cost-effective hazard         
mitigation activities jointly or        
otherwise in combination with activities
 for the restoration of power carried   
out with assistance provided under this 
section4  7#b7 ,eligibility for         
additional assistance ,in any case in   
which an electric utility facility      
receives assistance under this section  
for the emergency restoration of power1 
the receipt of such assistance shall not
 render such facility ineligible for any
 hazard mitigation assistance under     
section #djf for which such facility is 
otherwise eligible4  4  7b7             
,applicability ,the amendment made by   
subsection 7a7 shall only apply to      
amounts appropriated on or after the    
date of enactment of this ,act4