,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #chee  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bg1      
#bjag,ms4 ,rosen 7for herself1 ,ms4     
,stefanik1 ,mr4 ,lipinski1 and ,mr4     
,fitzpatrick7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to require a report on         
significant security risks of the       
national electric grid and the potential
 effect of such security risks on the   
readiness of the ,armed ,forces4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,securing the ,electric ,grid to    
,protect ,military ,readiness ,act of   
#bjag4  #b4 ,report on significant      
security risks of defense critical      
electric infrastructure  7a7 ,report    
required ,not later than #ij days after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary of ,defense shall1 in    
coordination with the ,director of      
,national ,intelligence1 the ,secretary 
of ,energy1 and the ,secretary of       

,homeland ,security1 submit to the      
appropriate committees of ,congress a   
report setting forth the following3     
7#a7 ,identification of significant     
security risks to defense critical      
electric infrastructure posed by        
significant malicious cyber-enabled     
activities4  7#b7 ,an assessment of the 
potential effect of the security risks  
identified pursuant to paragraph 7#a7 on
 the readiness of the ,armed ,forces4   
7#c7 ,an assessment of the strategic    
benefits derived from1 and the          
challenges associated with1 isolating   
military infrastructure from the        
national electric grid and the use of   
microgrids by the ,armed ,forces4  7#d7 
,recommendations on actions to be       
taken-- 7,a7 to eliminate or mitigate   
the security risks identified pursuant  
to paragraph 7#a72 and  7,b7 to address 
the effect of those security risks on   
the readiness of the ,armed ,forces     
identified pursuant to paragraph 7#b74  
7b7 ,form of report ,the report required

 by subsection 7a7 shall be submitted in
 unclassified form1 but may include a   
classified annex4  7c7 ,definitions ,in 
this section3 7#a7 ,the term appropriate
 committees of ,congress means--  7,a7  
the congressional defense committees 7as
 defined in section #aja7;a7 of title   
#aj1 ,united ,states ,code72  7,b7 the  
,committee on ,energy and ,natural      
,resources and the ,committee on        
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs of the ,senate2 and  7,c7 the  
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce and 
the ,committee on ,homeland ,security of
 the ,house of ,representatives4  7#b7  
,the term defense critical electric     
infrastructure-- 7,a7 has the meaning   
given such term in section #bae;,a7a7 of
 the ,federal ,power ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4
 #hbdo-#a7;a772 and  7,b7 shall include 
any electric infrastructure located in  
any of the #dh contiguous ,states or the
 ,district of ,columbia that serves a   
facility--  7i7 designated by the       
,secretary of ,defense as-- 7,i7        

critical to the defense of the ,united  
,states2 and  7,,ii7 vulnerable to a    
disruption of the supply of electric    
energy provided to such facility by an  
external provider2 and  7ii7 that is not
 owned or operated by the owner or      
operator of such facility4  7#c7 ,the   
term security risk shall have such      
meaning as the ,secretary of ,defense   
shall determine1 in coordination with   
the ,director of ,national ,intelligence
 and the ,secretary of ,energy1 for     
purposes of the report required by      
subsection 7a74  7#d7 ,the term         
significant malicious cyber-enabled     
activities include-- 7,a7 significant   
efforts--  7i7 to deny access to or     
degrade1 disrupt1 or destroy an         
information and communications          
technology system or network2 or  7ii7  
to exfiltrate1 degrade1 corrupt1        
destroy1 or release information from    
such a system or network without        
authorization for purposes of--  7,i7   
conducting influence operations2 or     

7,,ii7 causing a significant            
misappropriation of funds1 economic     
resources1 trade secrets1 personal      
identifications1 or financial           
information for commercial or           
competitive advantage or private        
financial gain2  7,b7 significant       
destructive malware attacks2 and  7,c7  
significant denial of service           
activities4