House Bill 680
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Securing Energy Infrastructure Act
Introduced
Introduced in House on Jan 17, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
680
Congress
116
Policy Area
Energy
Energy
Primary focus of measure is all sources and supplies of energy, including alternative energy sources, oil and gas, coal, nuclear power; efficiency and conservation; costs, prices, and revenues; electric power transmission; public utility matters.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Securing Energy Infrastructure Act
This bill establishes a two-year pilot program within the Department of Energy's (DOE)national laboratories to (1) identify thesecurity vulnerabilities of certain entities in the energy sector, and (2)evaluate technology that can be used to isolate the most critical systems of such entities from cyberattacks.
In addition,DOE must establish a working group to evaluate the technology solutions proposed by the national laboratories and to develop a national strategy to isolate the energy grid from attacks.
January 17, 2019
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02/12/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
01/17/2019
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
01/17/2019
Introduced in House
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