[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2991 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2991

    To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to provide that 
cybersecurity and grid security improvements are eligible for electric 
               loans and loan guarantees under that Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 5, 2018

Mr. Bennet (for himself and Mr. Gardner) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 
                        Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to provide that 
cybersecurity and grid security improvements are eligible for electric 
               loans and loan guarantees under that Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Promoting Cybersecurity for Rural 
Electric Utilities Act''.

SEC. 2. CYBERSECURITY AND GRID SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS.

    Title III of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 931 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 319. CYBERSECURITY AND GRID SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS.

    ``The Secretary may make or guarantee loans under this title and 
title I for cybersecurity and grid security improvements.''.
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