3.0.0 946 2023-01-11T13:19:20Z 2023-01-11T13:19:20Z Senate S S 2009-04-30 111 hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing Legislative interest 2010-09-22T16:38:00Z ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-04-30T20:45:08Z To amend the Federal Power Act to provide additional authorities to adequately protect the critical electric infrastructure against cyber attack, and for other purposes. 111 2195 HR 2009-05-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology. Related bill CRS 2009-04-30 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2009-04-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. N Energy Administrative law and regulatory procedures Computer security and identity theft Electric power generation and transmission Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Government studies and investigations Energy 00 2009-04-30 Introduced in Senate 2009-05-29T19:45:34Z Critical Electric Infrastructure Protection Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, working with other national security and intelligence agencies, to conduct an investigation to determine if the security of federally owned programmable electronic devices and communication networks (including hardware, software, and data) essential to the operation of critical electric infrastructure have been compromised.

Amends the Federal Power Act to direct the Secretary to make ongoing assessments and provide periodic reports with respect to cyber vulnerabilities and cyber threats to critical infrastructure, including critical electric infrastructure and advanced metering infrastructure.

Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to establish mandatory interim measures to protect against known cyber vulnerabilities or threats to the operation of the critical electric infrastructure in the United States.

]]> Critical Electric Infrastructure Protection Act of 2009 Display Title Critical Electric Infrastructure Protection Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to provide additional legal authorities to adequately protect the critical electric infrastructure against cyber attack, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Critical Electric Infrastructure Protection Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-04-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s946is/xml/BILLS-111s946is.xml 2009-04-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.