PROTECT Act of 2019
USA116th CongressS-2556| Senate
| Updated: 1/7/2020
Lisa Murkowski
Republican Senator
Alaska
Cosponsors (5)
Energy Subcommittee, Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
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.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-344.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 356.
By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 116-196.
Energy
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresComputers and information technologyComputer security and identity theftElectric power generation and transmissionFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)Government studies and investigationsHomeland securityPublic utilities and utility ratesRural conditions and development
PROTECT Act of 2019
USA116th CongressS-2556| Senate
| Updated: 1/7/2020
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.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-344.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 356.
By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 116-196.
Lisa Murkowski
Republican Senator
Alaska
Cosponsors (5)
Energy Subcommittee, Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Energy
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresComputers and information technologyComputer security and identity theftElectric power generation and transmissionFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)Government studies and investigationsHomeland securityPublic utilities and utility ratesRural conditions and development