PROTECT Act of 2019
Latest action · Jan 7, 2020 By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 116-196.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 26, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protecting Resources On The Electric grid with Cybersecurity Technology Act of 2019 or the PROTECT Act of 2019
This bill addresses providing incentives for electric utilities to invest in cybersecurity.
Specifically, the bill
- directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to provide incentives to electric utilities for investing in advanced cybersecurity technology, and
- establishes a grant and technical assistance program at the Department of Energy for electric utilities that are not regulated by FERC to deploy advanced cybersecurity technology.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 26, 2019 to Dec 19, 2019; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Original | Sep 26, 2019 |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | Sep 26, 2019 |
| D-WV | Joe Manchin III | Original | Sep 26, 2019 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Sep 26, 2019 |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Dec 19, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Sep 26, 2019Markup Nov 19, 2019Reported Dec 17, 2019 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Hearings Nov 6, 2019 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 7, 2020By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 116-196.
- Dec 17, 2019Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Dec 17, 2019Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 356.
- Nov 19, 2019Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Nov 6, 2019Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-344.
- Sep 26, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Sep 26, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jan 22, 2020S. 2556, PROTECT Act of 2019As reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on January 7, 2020
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 116-344 | PENDING LEGISLATION78 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Nov 6, 2019 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to provide energy cybersecurity investment incentives, to establish a grant and technical assistance program for cybersecurity investments, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- PROTECT Act of 2019
- Protecting Resources On The Electric grid with Cybersecurity Technology Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- PROTECT Act of 2019
- Protecting Resources On The Electric grid with Cybersecurity Technology Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Computer security and identity theft
- Computers and information technology
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Energy
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
- Government studies and investigations
- Homeland security
- Public utilities and utility rates
- Rural conditions and development
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2019Reported to Senate
- Sep 26, 2019Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
