HR 7257
Cleared committee
Requires states' energy security plans to address the physical and cyber protection, supply chain risks, and recovery of local electric distribution systems, and directs the GAO to report on those plans by 2030.
Official title: SECURE Grid Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
27-JAN-2026
Referred
27-JAN-2026
Reported
11-MAY-2026
On the calendar
11-MAY-2026
Passed
29-JUN-2026
Senate
Received
13-JUL-2026
Approved by committee
30-SEP-2026
- Defines local distribution systems as electric utility infrastructure rated at 100 kilovolts or less and adds them to state energy security plan requirements.
- Requires plans to address weather, physical attacks, cyber threats, and supply chain risks for grid equipment, and to include a risk mitigation approach for recovery.
- Expands plan consultation to include suppliers of electricity generation, transmission, and distribution equipment, and makes federal assistance under the program mandatory rather than discretionary.
- Sets the program to expire September 30, 2031, and requires a Government Accountability Office report on plan effectiveness by September 30, 2030.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Reported to House" (11-MAY-2026); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 29-JUN-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Energy and Commerce Committee (House)
- Energy Subcommittee
- Energy and Natural Resources Committee (Senate)
Energy
■ 3 R■ 1 D
3 Republicans
1 Democrat