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H. Rept. 117-93 1 (2021-07-19)

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117TH CONGRESS                                                      REPORT
1st Session        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                     117-93
ENHANCING GRID SECURITY THROUGH PUBLIC-PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIPS ACT
JULY 19, 2021.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. PALLONE, from the Committee on Energy and Commerce,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 2931]
The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 2931) to provide for certain programs and develop-
ments in the Department of Energy concerning the cybersecurity
and vulnerabilities of, and physical threats to, the electric grid, and
for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably
thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. Purpose and Summary .................................................................................. 1
II. Background  and  Need  for the  Legislation  ...................................................  2
III. Committee Hearings ...................................................................................... 5
IV. Committee Consideration .............................................................................. 5
V .  C om m ittee  V otes  ..........................................................................................  5
VI. Oversight Findings ........................................................................................ 5
VII. New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures           6
VIII.  Federal M andates  Statem ent  .......................................................................  6
IX. Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .........................  6
X. Duplication  of Federal Program s  ..................................................................  6
XI.  Com m ittee  Cost  Estim ate  ...........................................................................  6
XII. Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ..................  6
XIII. Advisory  Com m ittee  Statem ent  ....................................................................  6
XIV. Applicability  to  Legislative  Branch  ..............................................................  6
XV. Section-by-Section  Analysis of the Legislation  ...........................................  7
XVI. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ...........................  8
I. PURPOSE AND SUMMARY
H.R. 2931, the Enhancing Grid Security through Public-Private
Partnerships Act, introduced on April 30, 2021, would require the
Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a program to facilitate
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