[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3829 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3829

To establish a program to provide grants to States, local governments, 
 and electric utilities to make electric infrastructure more resilient 
   to hurricanes, tornadoes, and other major weather-related events.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 26, 2017

   Mr. Soto (for himself and Mr. Curbelo of Florida) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish a program to provide grants to States, local governments, 
 and electric utilities to make electric infrastructure more resilient 
   to hurricanes, tornadoes, and other major weather-related events.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as ``The Uniform Federal Grants for Resilient 
Infrastructure and Design Act of 2017'' or ``TUFGRID Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Energy shall establish and 
carry out a program to provide grants to States, local governments, and 
electric utilities to make electric infrastructure more resilient to 
hurricanes, tornadoes, and other major weather-related events.
    (b) Use of Grants.--Grants provided pursuant to the program 
established under subsection (a) may be used to--
            (1) relocate electric distribution power lines and 
        facilities from above ground to underground;
            (2) replace wooden electric distribution poles with metal, 
        composite, or concrete electric distribution poles; or
            (3) any other use the Secretary considers appropriate to 
        make electric infrastructure more resilient to hurricanes, 
        tornadoes, and other major weather-related events.
    (c) Priority.--In providing grants under the program established 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give priority to States, 
local governments, and electric utilities that serve areas that are, as 
determined by the Secretary, historically prone to hurricanes, 
tornadoes, or other major weather-related events.
    (d) 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 (a) may not exceed 50 percent.
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