119 HR 7696 IH: AI Cyber Grid Protection Resilient Development Act of 2026 U.S. House of Representatives 2026-02-25 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.

I119th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 7696IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFebruary 25, 2026Mr. Hernández (for himself, Mr. Liccardo, and Mrs. Grijalva) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland SecurityA BILLTo establish a grant program to provide awards to National Laboratories and institutions of higher education to develop secure artificial intelligence (AI) cyber-physical testbeds to simulate grid-scale cyberattacks, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the AI Cyber Grid Protection Resilient Development Act of 2026.

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Grant program to secure artificial intelligence (AI) cyber-physical testbeds to simulate grid-scale cyberattacks

(a)

In general

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall jointly establish a grant program to provide awards for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030 to eligible entities to develop secure artificial intelligence (AI) cyber-physical testbeds to simulate grid-scale cyberattacks and train AI models safely. (b)

Reports

Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter through 2031, the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall jointly submit to Congress a report detailing evolving threats, AI mitigation progress, and recommendations for further legislative or regulatory action relating to grid-scale cyberattacks. (c)

Authorization of appropriations

There is authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for fiscal years 2026 through 2030 to make grants under subsection (a). (d)

Definitions

In this section: (1)

AI; artificial intelligence

The terms AI and artificial intelligence have the meaning given the term artificial intelligence in section 238(g) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232). (2)

Eligible entity

The term eligible entity means any of the following: (A) An institution of higher education (as such term is defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))), including any of the following: (i) A public college or university. (ii) A community college. (iii) A Hispanic-serving institution (as such term is defined in section 502 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a)). (B) A National Laboratory (as such term is defined in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801)). (C)A consortium comprised of one or more entities specified in subparagraphs (A) and (B).