[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3638 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3638

 To direct the Secretary of Energy to prepare periodic assessments and 
submit reports on the supply chain for the generation and transmission 
                of electricity, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 29, 2025

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Energy to prepare periodic assessments and 
submit reports on the supply chain for the generation and transmission 
                of electricity, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Electric Supply Chain Act''.

SEC. 2. ASSESSMENT AND REPORT ON THE SUPPLY CHAIN FOR THE GENERATION 
              AND TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRICITY.

    (a) Assessment.--In carrying out the requirements of the Department 
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), the Secretary 
shall, for purposes of monitoring the supply chain for the generation 
and transmission of electricity and in consultation with relevant 
stakeholders, prepare periodic assessments on such supply chain that--
            (1) include information on--
                    (A) efforts and opportunities to strengthen, 
                secure, and expand such supply chain;
                    (B) any trends, risks, and vulnerabilities in the 
                supply, demand, and availability of components for or 
                related to generating or transmitting electricity, 
                including components that are necessary for the 
                construction or deployment of facilities that generate 
                or transmit electricity;
                    (C) national security and energy security 
                considerations for strengthening, securing, and 
                expanding such supply chain;
                    (D) barriers to expanding the capacity to--
                            (i) manufacture components for or related 
                        to generating or transmitting electricity in 
                        the United States; and
                            (ii) process critical materials in the 
                        United States;
                    (E) domestic policies that deter or otherwise 
                inhibit greater investment into such supply chain;
                    (F) the effects of any reliance of the United 
                States on any foreign entity of concern for--
                            (i) components for or related to generating 
                        or transmitting electricity; and
                            (ii) the exploration, development, or 
                        production of critical materials necessary for 
                        manufacturing such components; and
                    (G) workforce challenges affecting such supply 
                chain;
            (2) identify emerging issues in such supply chain; and
            (3) include recommendations to--
                    (A) address any emerging issues identified under 
                paragraph (2); and
                    (B) secure and expand such supply chain.
    (b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, and periodically thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to 
the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the most recent 
assessment prepared under subsection (a).
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
        ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
                House of Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
                of the Senate.
            (2) Critical material.--The term ``critical material'' has 
        the meaning given such term in section 7002(a) of the Energy 
        Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606(a)).
            (3) Electric reliability organization.--The term ``Electric 
        Reliability Organization'' has the meaning given such term in 
        section 215(a) of the Federal Power Act (42 U.S.C. 824o(a)).
            (4) Electric utility.--The term ``electric utility'' has 
        the meaning given such term in section 3 of the Federal Power 
        Act (16 U.S.C. 796).
            (5) Foreign entity of concern.--The term ``foreign entity 
        of concern'' has the meaning given such term in section 
        40207(a) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (42 
        U.S.C. 18741(a)).
            (6) Relevant stakeholder.--The term ``relevant 
        stakeholder''--
                    (A) means a stakeholder that is involved in--
                            (i) the generation, storage, transmission, 
                        or distribution of electricity; or
                            (ii) the supply chain for such generation, 
                        storage, transmission, or distribution; and
                    (B) includes an electric utility, an electric grid 
                component manufacturer, a person who constructs an 
                electric generating facility, an electric power system 
                cybersecurity expert, the Electric Reliability 
                Organization, a ratepayer advocacy stakeholder, and any 
                other related private sector stakeholder.
            (7) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Energy.
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