[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3878 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3878

  To require a report on Puerto Rico's progress toward rebuilding the 
   electric grid and detailing the efforts the Federal Government is 
    undertaking to expedite such rebuilding, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 6, 2023

Mr. Torres of New York (for himself and Mrs. Gonzalez-Colon) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require a report on Puerto Rico's progress toward rebuilding the 
   electric grid and detailing the efforts the Federal Government is 
    undertaking to expedite such rebuilding, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. REPORT ON PUERTO RICO'S ELECTRIC GRID.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with 
the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and appropriate 
representatives of the Government of Puerto Rico, shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report on Puerto Rico's progress 
toward rebuilding the electric grid and that details the efforts the 
Federal Government is undertaking to expedite such rebuilding. The 
report shall contain the following:
            (1) An analysis of the state of Puerto Rico's electric 
        grid, including the following:
                    (A) A list of projects in order of priority, 
                estimated cost, and estimated time necessary for 
                completion.
                    (B) An analysis of the measures taken by the 
                Federal Government and the Government of Puerto Rico to 
                expedite such rebuilding and the effectiveness of such 
                measures.
                    (C) Information relating to the amount of funds 
                that have been allocated and the amount of funds that 
                have been disbursed.
                    (D) An analysis of how the Federal Government can 
                provide further assistance in expediting such 
                rebuilding.
            (2) Information on accountability measures the Federal 
        Government is implementing or planning to implement to oversee 
        the work that the Government of Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico 
        Electric Power Authority, and private sector entities are 
        carrying out in the rebuilding of the electric grid.
            (3) An analysis of the role of the Financial Oversight and 
        Management Board for Puerto Rico in the rebuilding of Puerto 
        Rico's electric grid.
            (4) Recommendations, as appropriate, for private sector 
        entities and governments to reduce the number of outages and 
        blackouts.
            (5) Proposals, as appropriate, for legislative actions and 
        funding needed to improve the process of fund disbursement for 
        critical projects related to electric grids.
            (6) A plan for expediting such rebuilding by not later than 
        three months after the report is so submitted.
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``appropriate 
congressional committees'' means the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 
the Committee on Natural Resources, and the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate.
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