[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5896 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5896

 To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to repeal 
 the standard relating to electric vehicle charging programs, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 31, 2025

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to repeal 
 the standard relating to electric vehicle charging programs, 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 ``Guarding Ratepayers from Imposed EV 
Charging Directives Act'' or the ``GRID Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF STANDARD RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING 
              PROGRAMS.

    (a) Standard.--Paragraph (21) of section 111(d) of the Public 
Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2621(d)) is 
repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Time limitations.--Paragraph (8) of section 112(b) of 
        the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 
        2622(b)) is repealed.
            (2) Failure to comply.--Section 112(c) of the Public 
        Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2622(c)) is 
        amended by striking ``In the case of the standard established 
        by paragraph (21) of section 111(d), the reference contained in 
        this subsection to the date of enactment of this Act shall be 
        deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of that 
        paragraph (21).''.
            (3) Other prior state actions.--Subsection (h) of section 
        112 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 
        U.S.C. 2622) is repealed.
            (4) Prior and pending proceedings.--Section 124 of the 
        Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2634) 
        is amended by striking ``In the case of the standard 
        established by paragraph (21) of section 111(d), the reference 
        contained in this section to the date of enactment of this Act 
        shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of 
        that paragraph (21).''.
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