Energy Threat Analysis Center Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7305 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7305

To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to reauthorize the
     Department of Energy's Energy Sector Operational Support for
   Cyberresilience Program to provide operational support for energy
                  sector cybersecurity and resilience.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 2026

     Ms. Castor of Florida (for herself and Mr. Evans of Colorado)
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL

To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to reauthorize the
     Department of Energy's Energy Sector Operational Support for
   Cyberresilience Program to provide operational support for energy
                  sector cybersecurity and resilience.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Energy Threat Analysis Center Act of
2026''.

SEC. 2. ENERGY SECTOR OPERATIONAL SUPPORT FOR CYBERRESILIENCE PROGRAM.

    Section 40125(c) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (42
U.S.C. 18724(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (E)
                as subparagraphs (B) through (F), respectively;
                    (B) by inserting before subparagraph (B), as so
                redesignated, the following:
                    ``(A) to strengthen the collective defense,
                response, and resilience of the United States energy
                sector--
                            ``(i) by enhancing collaboration between
                        the government and the energy sector to analyze
                        threats to the energy sector and to deny,
                        disrupt, and mitigate operational impacts to
                        energy systems--
                                    ``(I) by exchanging information at
                                the classified and unclassified level,
                                collectively analyzing potential and
                                realized threats, and providing
                                recommendations to mitigate these
                                threats that benefit the broader energy
                                sector; and
                                    ``(II) by increasing operational
                                collaboration through establishing the
                                technical infrastructure necessary to
                                house, access, and perform advanced
                                analytics and experimentation to enable
                                analysis, discovery, alerts, and
                                collaboration activities of
                                intelligence-driven and intelligence-
                                informed technical data and knowledge,
                                threat information and to share
                                actionable insights and threat
                                mitigation;
                            ``(ii) by advancing the collective
                        understanding of national security risks and
                        vulnerabilities associated with the energy
                        sector that may be exploited by adversaries;
                        and
                            ``(iii) by increasing the energy sector's
                        understanding of threat actor tactics,
                        techniques, procedures, indicators of
                        compromise, capabilities, and activities that
                        present risks to the energy sector.'';
                    (C) in subparagraph (D), as so redesignated, by
                striking ``sector;'' and inserting ``sector; and'';
                    (D) in subparagraph (E), as so redesignated, by
                striking ``; and'' and inserting ``.''; and
                    (E) by striking subparagraph (F), as so
                redesignated;
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (6);
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) Energy threat analysis center.--The Secretary may
        carry out any activity of the program developed and carried out
        under paragraph (1) through an Energy Threat Analysis Center,
        which may be established at one or more physical locations.
            ``(3) No right or benefit.--
                    ``(A) Secretarial authority.--The provision of
                assistance or information under the program developed
                and carried out under paragraph (1) to a governmental
                or private entity shall be at the sole and unreviewable
                discretion of the Secretary.
                    ``(B) Provision of assistance or information.--The
                provision of assistance or information under the
                program developed and carried out under paragraph (1)
                to a governmental or private entity shall not create a
                right or benefit, substantive or procedural, for any
                other governmental or private entity to similar
                assistance or information.
            ``(4) Nonapplicability of faca.--The program developed and
        carried out under paragraph (1) shall not be considered an
        advisory committee under chapter 10 of title 5, United States
        Code.
            ``(5) Exemption from disclosure.--Information shared by or
        with the Federal Government or a State, Tribal, or local
        government under the program developed and carried out under
        paragraph (1) shall be--
                    ``(A) deemed voluntarily shared information and
                exempt from disclosure under section 552 of title 5,
                United States Code, and any State, Tribal, or local
                provision of law requiring disclosure of information or
                records; and
                    ``(B) withheld, without discretion, from the public
                under section 552(b)(3)(B) of title 5, United States
                Code, and any State, Tribal, or local provision of law
                requiring disclosure of information or records.''; and
            (4) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by striking
        ``2022 through 2026'' and inserting ``2027 through 2031''.
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