Congress 116 - HR 5760 - Grid Security Research and Development Act

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Advanced technology and technological innovations Computer security and identity theft Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Electric power generation and transmission Emergency planning and evacuation Employment and training programs Energy Energy efficiency and conservation Energy research Energy storage, supplies, demand Government studies and investigations Higher education Homeland security Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles Intergovernmental relations Public utilities and utility rates Research administration and funding Research and development Student aid and college costs Technology assessment Technology transfer and commercialization

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Grid Security Research and Development Act

This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a program to protect the electric grid and energy systems from cyber and physical attacks by by increasing cyber and physical security capabilities of the energy sector and accelerating the development of relevant technologies and tools.

As part of the program, DOE must award research, development, and demonstration grants, including to (1) identify cybersecurity risks to information systems within, and impacting, the electricity sector, energy systems, and energy infrastructure; and (2) develop technologies that improve the physical security of information systems.

Additionally, DOE must

establish a research, development, and demonstration competitive grant program to enhance resilience and strengthen emergency response and management pertaining to the energy sector;
provide technical assistance to certain entities for the commercial application of technologies to improve the resilience of the electric grid and commercial application of technologies;
collaborate with other federal agencies, state agencies, and the private sector to develop guidance for research and demonstration activities to improve cybersecurity capabilities of the energy sector;
work with stakeholders to identify information, research, staff training, and analytical tools needed to evaluate cybersecurity issues and challenges in the energy sector;
support the development of a cybersecurity workforce that includes collaboration between relevant federal agencies, institutions of higher education, and other entities best suited to provide national leadership on cybersecurity-related issues;
develop a coordinated interagency strategic plan to advance cybersecurity capabilities in the energy sector; and
implement a research and development program of technologies and tools to help ensure the resilience and security of critical integrated grid infrastructures.

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Sep 30, 2020

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sep 29, 2020

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 29, 2020

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5025-5028)
Sep 29, 2020

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Sep 29, 2020

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5760.
Sep 29, 2020

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5025-5030)
Sep 29, 2020

Mr. Bera moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Sep 4, 2020

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 391.
Sep 4, 2020

Committee on Homeland Security discharged.
Sep 4, 2020

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 116-489, Part I.
Feb 19, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
Feb 12, 2020

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Feb 12, 2020

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Feb 5, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 5, 2020

Introduced in House

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