HR8248-119

In Committee

Grid Expansion and Reliability Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 13, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Grid Expansion and Reliability Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Energy, Environment.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HD31A893736E843E9B7431E5AD8C81E5F: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Grid Expansion and Reliability Act.
  • Section H50565262FE924EB29FB7B2EBE134BFF6: 2. Siting of interstate electric transmission facilities Section 216 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824p) is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (1),...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Grid Expansion and Reliability Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Energy, Environment

Primary Purpose

This bill, Grid Expansion and Reliability Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Energy Environment

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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federal agencies and legislative administrators:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
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federal implementing agencies:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 13, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Apr 13, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 13, 2026

Mr. Gottheimer (for himself and Mr. Lawler) introduced the following …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Energy Environment
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_energy"
→ Secretary of Energy

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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