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HR7208119th CongressWALLET

PROTECT the Grid Act

Sponsored By: Representative Crenshaw

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Summary

Securing the electric grid from foreign-adversary control of smart, high-wattage home appliances. This bill would direct the Commerce Secretary to assess how Internet-connected, high-wattage devices and apps tied to foreign adversaries could be used to manipulate power demand and threaten grid stability. It would also codify Executive Order 13873 into law and require a report with findings and recommendations within 270 days of enactment.

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  • Households: Flags risks that apps on devices like EV chargers, smart dryers, water heaters, and air conditioners can collect detailed consumer data and be used to change demand in coordinated ways.
  • Grid operators and public safety: Requires the report to assess risks such as frequency imbalances and cascading failures and to recommend steps to prevent large-scale demand-manipulation attacks.
  • Federal procurement and industry: Directs Commerce to consider applying EO 13873 to IoT, to recommend restricting federal purchases of products with foreign-adversary-controlled apps, and to propose certification or labeling; the bill notes such firms control more than 25 percent of the major appliance sector in the U.S.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.

Make technology supply rules law

This bill would turn Executive Order 13873 into federal law as it exists on the day of enactment. If enacted, federal agencies and their vendors would be bound by those supply-chain rules. This would add new steps for buying covered technology and new checks on suppliers. The change would take effect upon enactment.

Define high-wattage devices and apps

This bill would define key terms used in the Act. A "high-wattage IoT device" would mean any internet-connected appliance that uses or controls more than 500 watts. It would also define "covered entity," and say "foreign adversary" uses the definition in 10 U.S.C. 4872(f). The bill would treat apps run directly or indirectly by parent or affiliate companies as foreign-adversary-controlled. These definitions would take effect upon enactment and guide later rules.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Crenshaw

TX • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 2/12/2026

  • Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 4/15/2026

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