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.

Summary

This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to report to Congress on Puerto Rico's progress toward rebuilding the electric grid and on the federal government's efforts to expedite such rebuilding. Such report must contain an analysis of the state of Puerto Rico's electric grid, an analysis of the state of Puerto Rico's renewable energy generation and storage capacities, recommendations for power companies and governments to reduce the number of outages and blackouts, proposals for legislative actions and funding needed to improve the process of fund disbursement for critical projects related to electric grids, and a plan for expediting such rebuilding by not later than three months after the report is submitted.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

1. 5 July 2022

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 5 July 2022

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 5 July 2022

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 6 July 2022

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

   Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

• Introduced in House · 5 July 2022 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 5 July 2022

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 5 July 2022

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 5 July 2022

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15] · D · Sponsor
• Jenniffer González-Colón · R · Cosponsor
• · hspw00 · Standing

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.