H.R. 5896

[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repealed.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2622(b)) is repealed.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U.S.C. 2622) is repealed.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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