119-hr2714

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2714 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2714

 To establish a task force to find and expedite solutions to address 
 emergencies and challenges that Puerto Rico faces due to its energy 
 generation challenges.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 8, 2025

Mr. Hernandez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Natural Resources

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 A BILL

 To establish a task force to find and expedite solutions to address 
 emergencies and challenges that Puerto Rico faces due to its energy 
 generation challenges.

 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 ``Puerto Rico Energy Generation Crisis 
Task Force Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF TASK FORCE.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the Executive Office of 
the President a task force to improve collaboration and efficiency 
among the Department of Energy, the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, the Army Corps of Engineers, and appropriate representatives of 
the Government and energy sector of Puerto Rico.

    (b) Members.--The task force shall consist of each of the 
following:

    (1) 1 member appointed by the Secretary of Energy.

    (2) 1 member appointed by the Secretary of Homeland 
 Security, acting through the Administrator of the Federal 
 Emergency Management Agency.

    (3) 1 member appointed by the Chief of Engineers of the 
 Army Corps of Engineers.

    (4) 1 member appointed by the Office of the Energy Czar of 
 Puerto Rico.

    (5) 3 representatives appointed by the Government of Puerto 
 Rico, to represent the responsibilities and obligations of the 
 Puerto Rico Energy Bureau, LUMA Energy, and Genera PR.
            (c) Duties.--The task force established in subsection

    (a) shall be 
responsible for--

    (1) identify and find solutions for the energy generation 
 problems faced by Puerto Rico; and

    (2) coordinating and liaising between the represented 
 entities listed in subsection

    (a) as appropriate to ensure 
 efficiency in operations and, to the extent practicable, among 
 other relevant groups (such as the Puerto Rico Grid Recovery 
 and Modernization Team) working on issues relating to the 
 challenges of energy generation in Puerto Rico.
            (d) Meetings.--The task force shall convene at least once every 30 
days to encourage communication between the represented entities and 
provide progress updates on the efforts of such entities. The members 
of the task force shall select from among their numbers a head, who 
shall be responsible for convening the meetings of the task force and 
ensuring that the format of such meetings is sufficiently flexible 
(including by facilitating virtual or hybrid meeting options) to allow 
meetings be carried out without scheduling delays.

    (e) Semi-Annual Reports.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the head of 
the task force selected pursuant to subsection
            (d) shall submit to 
Congress and transmit to the President a report describing the efforts 
of the task force during the preceding period. Such report shall also 
include--

    (1) descriptions of the energy generation problems 
 identified by the task force;

    (2) recommendations for solutions to address these 
 problems;

    (3) an expected timeline to implement such solutions if 
 pending, or the actual timeline on which such solutions were 
 implemented if accomplished; and

    (4) an identification of the entities responsible for such 
 implementation.
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