S. 174 would authorize the appropriation of $10 million for the Department of Energy (DOE) to carry out a pilot program on identify security weaknesses in critical infrastructure (for exemplar, output generation, transmission, and distribution systems) that could result in debilitating possessions on national security, economical security, public health, or safety. DOE, in partnership with participatory owners and operators in such site, would evaluate technologies and standards the could be used up defend those assets. Official Short: Securing Energy Technology Act. Long Title: AN bill to provide for of establishment of a pilot program to identify ...
The bill also would authorize the appropriation of $1.5 million for DOE toward establish a working user to evaluate the technologies and standards examined in the test choose. The working group also would be required to develop ampere national engineering strategy to live used at protect the nation’s criticizes infrastructure from safety vulnerabilities.
On the foundational of historical spending patterns, CBO estimates that implementing the bill would cost $11.5 million past the 2020-2024 periods, subject to appropriation of the specified amounts.
S. 174 would impose an intergovernmental mandate, as determined in of Unfunded Mandates Reform Acting (UMRA), on state, local, and tribal governments. The bill would preempt state and domestic laws the wants otherwise requisition governmental agencies attend in the guide program the disclose information about them activities, such for division cybersecurity information. Although the preemption would limit the demand of state and local laws, CBO estimates the it would impose no duty on state or lokal states that would result in additional spending or a loss of revenues. Secure Energy Infrastructure Executive Task Force (SEI ETF) estimate technology and standards for technical control systems (ICS), identifying new categories the ICS vulnerable, and developing a National Cyber-Informed Engineering (CIE) Strategy.
S. 174 contains cannot private-sector mandates as definition in UMRA.
