3.0.0 1241 2023-01-11T13:31:11Z 2023-01-11T13:31:11Z Senate S 2015-05-07 114 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2015-06-09T14:08:34Z Referred to 2015-05-07T15:24:07Z North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2016 114 2012 S 2016-09-08 Conference held. 14:37:58 Related bill CRS American Energy Innovation Act 114 2089 S 2015-09-29 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 241. Related bill CRS 2015-06-09 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Committee 2015-05-07 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2015-05-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA N Energy Computer security and identity theft Electric power generation and transmission Emergency planning and evacuation Government studies and investigations Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Oil and gas Energy 00 2015-05-07 Introduced in Senate 2015-07-06T14:49:24Z Enhanced Grid Security Act of 2015

This bill designates the Department of Energy (DOE) as the lead Sector-Specific Agency for cybersecurity for the energy sector (this action comports with the presidential policy directive entitled "Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience" dated February 12, 2013).

DOE shall:

  • develop advanced cybersecurity applications and technologies for the energy sector;
  • advance the security of field devices and third-party control systems;
  • leverage electric grid architecture as a means to assess risks to the energy sector, including by implementing an all-hazards approach to communications infrastructure, control systems architecture, and power systems architecture;
  • perform pilot demonstration projects with the energy sector to gain experience with new technologies; and
  • develop workforce development curricula for energy sector-related cybersecurity.

DOE shall also implement within the energy sector cybertesting and cyberresilience programs that target:

  • DOE emergency response capabilities,
  • cooperation with the intelligence communities for energy sector-related threat collection and analysis,
  • enhancing the tools of DOE and the Electricity Sector Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ES-ISAC) for monitoring the status of the energy sector,
  • expanding industry participation in ES-ISAC, and
  • technical assistance to small electric utilities to assess cybermaturity posture.

DOE must develop an advanced energy security program that secures diverse energy networks in order to increase the functional preservation of the electric grid operations or natural gas and oil operations in the face of natural and human-made threats and hazards, including electric magnetic pulse and geomagnetic disturbances.

DOE shall study alternative management structures and funding mechanisms to expand industry membership and participation in ES-ISAC.

]]> Enhanced Grid Security Act of 2015 Display Title Enhanced Grid Security Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the modernization, security, and resiliency of the electric grid, to require the Secretary of Energy to carry out programs for research, development, demonstration, and information-sharing for cybersecurity for the energy sector, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Enhanced Grid Security Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1241is/xml/BILLS-114s1241is.xml 2015-06-09 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. 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.