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119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7305 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 2, 2026 
Ms. CASTOR of Florida (for herself and Mr. EVANS of Colorado) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce 
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 pro-
vide operational support for energy sector cybersecurity 
and resilience. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy Threat Anal-
ysis Center Act of 2026’’. 
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SEC. 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 be-
tween the government and the energy sec-
tor to analyze threats to the energy sector 
and to deny, disrupt, and mitigate oper-
ational impacts to energy systems— 
‘‘(I) by exchanging information 
at the classified and unclassified level, 
collectively analyzing potential and re-
alized threats, and providing rec-
ommendations 
to 
mitigate 
these 
threats that benefit the broader en-
ergy sector; and 
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‘‘(II) by increasing operational 
collaboration through establishing the 
technical infrastructure necessary to 
house, access, and perform advanced 
analytics and experimentation to en-
able analysis, discovery, alerts, and 
collaboration activities of intelligence- 
driven and intelligence-informed tech-
nical data and knowledge, threat in-
formation and to share actionable in-
sights and threat mitigation; 
‘‘(ii) by advancing the collective un-
derstanding of national security risks and 
vulnerabilities associated with the energy 
sector that may be exploited by adver-
saries; and 
‘‘(iii) by increasing the energy sector’s 
understanding of threat actor tactics, tech-
niques, procedures, indicators of com-
promise, capabilities, and activities that 
present risks to the energy sector.’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (D), as so redesig-
nated, by striking ‘‘sector;’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tor; and’’; 
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(D) in subparagraph (E), as so redesig-
nated, by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting ‘‘.’’; 
and 
(E) by striking subparagraph (F), as so re-
designated; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (6); 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) ENERGY THREAT ANALYSIS CENTER.—The 
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 pro-
vision of assistance or information under the 
program developed and carried out under para-
graph (1) to a governmental or private entity 
shall be at the sole and unreviewable discretion 
of the Secretary. 
‘‘(B) PROVISION
OF
ASSISTANCE
OR
IN-
FORMATION.—The provision of assistance or in-
formation under the program developed and 
carried out under paragraph (1) to a govern-
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mental 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 FACA.—The pro-
gram 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
DISCLOSURE.—Infor-
mation shared by or with the Federal Government or 
a State, Tribal, or local government under the pro-
gram developed and carried out under paragraph (1) 
shall be— 
‘‘(A) deemed voluntarily shared informa-
tion 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 in-
formation or records.’’; and 
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(4) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘2022 through 2026’’ and inserting ‘‘2027 
through 2031’’. 
Æ 
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