[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6983 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6983

 To require the President to transmit to Congress a report on existing 
and needed authority to respond to a severe energy supply interruption.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 8, 2022

Mr. Joyce of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the President to transmit to Congress a report on existing 
and needed authority to respond to a severe energy supply interruption.

    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 ``Responding to Interruptions in the 
Supply of Energy to Undermine Putin Act'' or the ``RISE UP Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON RESPONSE AUTHORITY TO SEVERE ENERGY SUPPLY 
              INTERRUPTIONS.

    (a) Report.--Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the President, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, 
the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the 
Treasury, and the head of any other Federal agency the President 
determines appropriate, shall transmit to Congress a report that--
            (1) summarizes the existing authorities of the Federal 
        Government to respond to a severe energy supply interruption;
            (2) provides an assessment of whether such existing 
        authorities provide for an adequate response to a severe energy 
        supply interruption; and
            (3) identifies any additional statutory authority needed to 
        allow the Federal Government to better respond to a severe 
        energy supply interruption.
    (b) Definition of Severe Energy Supply Interruption.--In this 
section, the term ``severe energy supply interruption'' has the meaning 
given such term in section 3(8) of the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6202(8)).
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