[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5895-S5896]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6363. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

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     SEC. 1077. PROTECTION OF ELECTRIC GRID OF UNITED STATES FROM 
                   CYBER WARFARE AND ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE 
                   THREATS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense and the Director 
     of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency shall 
     provide information and resources, including through the 
     procurement or construction of large power transformers, to 
     entities described in subsection (b) to protect the electric 
     grid of the United States from cyber warfare and 
     electromagnetic pulse threats, including--
       (1) a high-altitude nuclear electromagnetic pulse attack;
       (2) a natural electromagnetic pulse generated by a solar 
     superstorm; and
       (3) other cyber electromagnetic pulse threats, such as 
     radiofrequency weapons.
       (b) Entities Described.--The entities described in this 
     subsection are the following:
       (1) State governmental entities responsible for national 
     and homeland security.
       (2) Public utility commissions.
       (3) The North American Electric Reliability Corporation.
       (4) Utilities that supply electricity to military 
     installations and critical defense industries, as determined 
     by the Secretary of Defense, within the continental United 
     States.
       (c) Funding.--
       (1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated to 
     the Secretary of Defense $4,000,000,000 to carry out this 
     section.
       (2) Offset.--Of the unobligated balances made available 
     under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2; 
     135 Stat. 4), or an amendment made by such Act, there is 
     rescinded, on a pro rata basis, $4,000,000,000.
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