3.0.0 3615 2024-06-11T16:15:14Z 2024-06-11T16:15:14Z House H HR 2023-05-23 118 [Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 87 (Tuesday, May 23, 2023)][House][Pages H2546-H2547]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. TORRES of California:H.R. 3615.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:[[Page H2547]]According to Article 1: Section 8: Clause 18: of the UnitedStates Constitution, seen below, this bill falls within theConstitutional Authority of the United States Congress.Article 1: Section 8: Clause 18: To make all Laws whichshall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution theforegoing Powers and all other Powers vested by thisConstitution inThe single subject of this legislation is:improve electric grid resilience with respect to wildfires]]> hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee House Standing Referred to 2023-05-23T14:01:10Z 2023-05-23 Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee 2023-05-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-05-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress T000474 Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35] Norma Torres D CA J. 35 N S001226 Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] Andrea Salinas D OR 6 2023-08-01 False L000599 Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] Michael Lawler R NY 17 2023-08-25 False C001055 Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] Ed Case D HI 1 2024-06-03 False Energy Energy 2023-06-16T15:15:21Z 00 2023-05-23 Introduced in House 2023-10-24T10:55:31Z Wildfire Grid Resiliency Act

This bill requires the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response of the Department of Energy (DOE) to carry out a Resilience Accelerator Demonstration Program. Under the program, the office must make awards to DOE's National Laboratories for projects that demonstrate innovative technologies to improve the electric grid's resilience to wildfires, such as technologies for monitoring vegetation management or enhancing the safety of first responders who respond to electric grid emergencies.

]]> Wildfire Grid Resiliency Act Display Title 45 Wildfire Grid Resiliency Act 2024-06-11T16:15:14Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Wildfire Grid Resiliency Act 2024-05-24T13:39:29Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out a demonstration program for projects that improve electric grid resilience with respect to wildfires, and for other purposes. 2024-03-18T20:52:29Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr3615ih/xml/BILLS-118hr3615ih.xml 2023-05-23 Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.