[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5055]
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  SA 2812. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself and Mr. Mullin) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4638, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. 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.''.
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