119th Congress (2025-2026)

HR 7305

Energy Threat Analysis Center Act of 2026

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US Congress

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119th Congress (2025-2026)

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Session

119th Congress (2025-2026)

Jurisdiction

US Congress

Bill overview

This bill reauthorizes and expands the Department of Energy’s Energy Sector Operational Support for Cyberresilience Program, aiming to bolster cybersecurity and resilience within the nation’s energy infrastructure. It establishes an Energy Threat Analysis Center to enhance collaboration between the government and the energy sector in identifying and mitigating threats. The program’s scope is broadened to include analyzing national security risks, understanding adversary tactics, and improving the energy sector’s awareness of potential vulnerabilities. The bill also introduces changes regarding data sharing and decision-making authority within the program.

Key provisions

Reauthorizes the Department of Energy’s Energy Sector Operational Support for Cyberresilience Program for FY2027-2031.
Establishes an Energy Threat Analysis Center to support program activities.
Expands the program’s objectives to include threat analysis, vulnerability assessment, and understanding of adversary tactics.
Grants the Secretary of Energy sole and unreviewable discretion in deciding which entities receive assistance or information.
Exempts program information from public disclosure requirements.
Eliminates technical assistance to small electric utilities.
Modifies the program’s duration to cover fiscal years 2027 through 2031.
Requires the exchange of classified and unclassified information between the government and the energy sector.

Who is affected

Department of Energy
Energy Sector (utilities, energy providers)
Federal Government

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Legislative history

2026-02-02House

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

2026-02-02House

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

2026-02-02

Introduced in House

2026-02-02

Introduced in House

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6/29/2026HouseVoice vote
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4300-4301)
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6/29/2026Voice vote
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4300-4301)
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Passage without roll call

6/29/2026HouseVoice vote
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4300-4301)
No roll-call vote on record for this action.
6/29/2026Voice vote
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4300-4301)
No roll-call vote on record for this action.

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119th CONGRESS — 2d Session

H. R. 7305

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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.

1.Short title

This Act may be cited as the

Energy Threat Analysis Center Act of 2026

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 CenterThe 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 FACAThe 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 disclosureInformation 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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