[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 19 (Tuesday, February 2, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S501]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3196. Mr. KIRK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2012, to provide for the modernization of the energy 
policy of the United States, and for other purposes; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. FEDERAL DISASTER FUNDING FOR RECOVERY FROM LARGE-
                   SCALE CYBER INCIDENTS.

       Section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
     Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or explosion'' and 
     inserting ``explosion, or cyber incident''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(13) Critical infrastructure.--The term `critical 
     infrastructure' has the meaning given the term in section 
     1016(e) of Public Law 107-56 (42 U.S.C. 5195c(e)).
       ``(14) Cyber incident.--The term `cyber incident' means 
     actions taken against critical infrastructure through the use 
     of computer networks that result in a significant adverse 
     effect on the provision of essential services (as described 
     in section 427(a)(1)), which--
       ``(A) lasts for a period of more than 24-hours; and
       ``(B) affects the provision of essential services in more 
     than 1 State.''.
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