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House vote: H.R. 1374 // June 22, 2021Needed two-thirds to pass

Enhancing State Energy Security Planning and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2021

Sponsor: BOBBY RUSH (D-IL)

This bill authorizes the Department of Energy (DOE) to provide financial assistance to states for the implementation, review, and revision of a state energy security plan that assesses the state's existing circumstances and proposes methods to strengthen the ability of the state to have a reliable, secure, and resilient energy infrastructure. A state energy security plan must contain specified content, including a risk assessment of energy infrastructure and cross-sector interdependencies and a risk mitigation approach to enhance reliability and end-use resilience. The plan must address potential hazards to each energy sector or system, including physical threats, and cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities.

Energy Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Yea

398 votes, representing 236,088,673 people91.6%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

21 votes, representing 12,203,646 people4.7%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.7% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon39891.6%
NayLost214.7%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.7%