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[H.R. 7305 Reported in House (RH)]
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Union Calendar No. 563
119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7305
[Report No. 119-646]
To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to reauthorize the
Department of Energy's Energy Sector Operational Support for
Cyberresilience Program to provide operational support for energy
sector cybersecurity and resilience.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 2, 2026
Ms. Castor of Florida (for herself and Mr. Evans of Colorado)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Energy and Commerce
May 12, 2026
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on
February 2, 2026]
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A BILL
To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to reauthorize the
Department of Energy's Energy Sector Operational Support for
Cyberresilience Program to provide operational support for energy
sector cybersecurity and resilience.
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 ``Energy Threat Analysis Center Act of
2026''.
SEC. 2. ENERGY SECTOR OPERATIONAL SUPPORT FOR CYBERRESILIENCE PROGRAM.
Section 40125(c) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (42
U.S.C. 18724(c)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (E)
as subparagraphs (B) through (F), respectively;
(B) by inserting before subparagraph (B), as so
redesignated, the following:
``(A) to strengthen the collective defense,
response, and resilience of the United States energy
sector--
``(i) by enhancing collaboration between
the government and the energy sector to analyze
threats to the energy sector and to deny,
disrupt, and mitigate operational impacts to
energy systems--
``(I) by exchanging information at
the classified and unclassified level,
collectively analyzing potential and
realized threats, and providing
recommendations to mitigate these
threats that benefit the broader energy
sector; and
``(II) by increasing operational
collaboration through establishing the
technical infrastructure necessary to
house, access, and perform advanced
analytics and experimentation to enable
analysis, discovery, alerts, and
collaboration activities of
intelligence-driven and intelligence-
informed technical data and knowledge,
threat information and to share
actionable insights and threat
mitigation;
``(ii) by advancing the collective
understanding of national security risks and
vulnerabilities associated with the energy
sector that may be exploited by adversaries;
and
``(iii) by increasing the energy sector's
understanding of threat actor tactics,
techniques, procedures, indicators of
compromise, capabilities, and activities that
present risks to the energy sector;'';
(C) in subparagraph (D), as so redesignated, by
striking ``sector;'' and inserting ``sector; and'';
(D) in subparagraph (E), as so redesignated, by
striking ``; and'' and inserting ``.''; and
(E) by striking subparagraph (F), as so
redesignated;
(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (7);
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
``(2) Energy threat analysis center.--The Secretary may
carry out any activity of the program developed and carried out
under paragraph (1) through an Energy Threat Analysis Center,
which may be established at one or more physical locations.
``(3) No right or benefit.--
``(A) Secretarial authority.--The provision of
assistance or information under the program developed
and carried out under paragraph (1) to a governmental
or private entity shall be at the sole and unreviewable
discretion of the Secretary.
``(B) Provision of assistance or information.--The
provision of assistance or information under the
program developed and carried out under paragraph (1)
to a governmental or private entity shall not create a
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, for any
other governmental or private entity to similar
assistance or information.
``(4) Nonapplicability of faca.--The program developed and
carried out under paragraph (1) shall not be considered an
advisory committee under chapter 10 of title 5, United States
Code.
``(5) Exemption from disclosure.--Information shared by or
with the Federal Government or a State, Tribal, or local
government under the program developed and carried out under
paragraph (1) shall be--
``(A) deemed voluntarily shared information and
exempt from disclosure under section 552 of title 5,
United States Code, and any State, Tribal, or local
provision of law requiring disclosure of information or
records; and
``(B) withheld, without discretion, from the public
under section 552(b)(3)(B) of title 5, United States
Code, and any State, Tribal, or local provision of law
requiring disclosure of information or records.
``(6) Transaction authority.--
``(A) In general.--In addition to any other
authority granted to the Secretary under any other
provision of law, the Secretary is authorized to enter
into and perform contracts, cooperative agreements,
grants, and other transactions with public agencies,
private organizations, and persons to carry out the
program developed and carried out under paragraph (1).
``(B) Minimizing delays.--The Secretary may
establish and utilize pre-approved national security
contracting mechanisms, model partnership agreements,
and expedited review procedures for purposes of
entering into transactions under subparagraph (A).'';
and
(4) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated, by striking
``2022 through 2026'' and inserting ``2027 through 2031''.
Union Calendar No. 563
119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7305
[Report No. 119-646]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to reauthorize the
Department of Energy's Energy Sector Operational Support for
Cyberresilience Program to provide operational support for energy
sector cybersecurity and resilience.
_______________________________________________________________________
May 12, 2026
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed