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US HB7208
Bill
Status
1/22/2026
Primary Sponsor
Dan Crenshaw
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AI Summary
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Secretary of Commerce must submit a report to Congress within 270 days assessing national security risks from foreign adversary-controlled applications that could attack U.S. critical infrastructure, particularly the electric grid
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Report must evaluate deployment of high-wattage IoT devices (those exceeding 500 watts, such as EV chargers, smart appliances, water heaters) and risks of coordinated demand-manipulation attacks that could cause blackouts
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Foreign adversary-controlled companies currently control more than 25% of the U.S. major appliance industry and can collect consumer data and remotely manipulate high-wattage devices on the grid
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Recommendations may include restricting federal procurement of products with foreign adversary-controlled applications, certification/labeling requirements for high-wattage IoT devices, and applying Executive Order 13873 to IoT devices
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Codifies Executive Order 13873 (securing the information and communications technology supply chain) into law
Legislative Description
PROTECT the Grid Act Preventing Remote Operations by Threatening Entities on Critical Technology for the Grid Act
Energy
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, Ways and Means, Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
1/22/2026