US Congress Senate Bill 946 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Independent 1-0)
Status: Introduced on April 30 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-04-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Critical Electric Infrastructure Protection Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, working with other national security and intelligence agencies, to conduct an investigation to determine if the security of federally owned programmable electronic devices and communication networks (including hardware, software, and data) essential to the operation of critical electric infrastructure have been compromised. Amends the Federal Power Act to direct the Secretary to make ongoing assessments and provide periodic reports with respect to cyber vulnerabilities and cyber threats to critical infrastructure, including critical electric infrastructure and advanced metering infrastructure. Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to establish mandatory interim measures to protect against known cyber vulnerabilities or threats to the operation of the critical electric infrastructure in the United States.

Critical Electric Infrastructure Protection Act of 2009

Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I-CT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-04-30		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

HB2195 (Related) 2009-05-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/946/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s946/BILLS-111s946is.pdf