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Bills/119th Congress · Senate

S. 4827

Introduced

POWER ON Act of 2026

Sponsor
RJohn Cornyn· Texas
Introduced
June 18, 2026
Policy area
Energy
Latest action
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.June 18, 2026

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4827 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4827 To reauthorize a program for preventing outages and enhancing the resilience of the electric grid, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 18, 2026 Mr. Cornyn (for himself and Mr. Padilla) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To reauthorize a program for preventing outages and enhancing the resilience of the electric grid, 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 ``Preventing Outages With Enhanced Resilience and Operations Nationwide Act of 2026'' or the ``POWER ON Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION. Section 40101 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (42 U.S.C. 18711) is amended-- (1) in subsection (i)(1), by striking ``2026'' and inserting ``2031''; and (2) in subsection (j), by striking ``2022 through 2026'' and inserting ``2027 through 2031''. <all>

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