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H.R. 5527: 21st Century Power Grid Act

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H.R. 5527: 21st Century Power Grid Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-12-19 · Energy · Latest: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-12-19 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote . Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

21st Century Power Grid Act

Plain summary

21st Century Power Grid Act This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a program to provide financial assistance for projects designed to improve the resiliency, performance, or efficiency of the electric grid, while ensuring the provision of safe, secure, reliable, and affordable power. The projects must demonstrate (1) secure integration and management of energy resources, or (2) secure integration and interoperability of communications and information technologies related to the electric grid. Each project must include the development of a cybersecurity plan and a privacy effects analysis that evaluates the project in accordance with DOE's Voluntary Code of Conduct, commonly known as the DataGuard Energy Data Privacy Program. The projects may be designed to deploy a new product or technology that could be used by customers of an electric utility.

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Official text

21st Century Power Grid Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3] · 4 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr5527 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116