H.R. 7305

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7305 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7305

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

July 13, 2026

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources

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AN ACT

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 (7);
(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.
``(6) Transaction authority.--
``(A) In general.--In addition to any other 
authority granted to the Secretary under any other 
provision of law, the Secretary is authorized to enter 
into and perform contracts, cooperative agreements, 
grants, and other transactions with public agencies, 
private organizations, and persons to carry out the 
program developed and carried out under paragraph (1).
``(B) Minimizing delays.--The Secretary may 
establish and utilize pre-approved national security 
contracting mechanisms, model partnership agreements, 
and expedited review procedures for purposes of 
entering into transactions under subparagraph (A).''; 
and
(4) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated, by striking 
``2022 through 2026'' and inserting ``2027 through 2031''.

Passed the House of Representatives June 29, 2026.

Attest:

KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

Clerk.