Instructions: In this task, you are given text for US Congressional and California state bills, your task is to generate a summary for this bill.
Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Securing Energy Infrastructure
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Covered entity.--The term ''covered entity'' means an
entity identified pursuant to section 9(a) of Executive Order
13636 of February 12, 2013 (78 Fed. Reg. 11742), relating to
identification of critical infrastructure where a cybersecurity
incident could reasonably result in catastrophic regional or
national effects on public health or safety, economic security,
or national security.
(2) Exploit.--The term ''exploit'' means a software tool
designed to take advantage of a security vulnerability.
(3) Industrial control system.--
(A) In general.--The term ''industrial control
system'' means an operational technology used to
measure, control, or manage industrial functions.
(B) Inclusions.--The term ''industrial control
system'' includes supervisory control and data
acquisition systems, distributed control systems, and
programmable logic or embedded controllers.
(4) National laboratory.--The term ''National Laboratory''
has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Energy
Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801).
(5) Program.--The term ''Program'' means the pilot program
established under section 3.
(6) Secretary.--The term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Energy.
(7) Security vulnerability.--The term ''security
vulnerability'' means any attribute of hardware, software,
process, or procedure that could enable or facilitate the
defeat of a security control.

SEC. 3. PILOT PROGRAM FOR SECURING ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE.

Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Secretary shall establish a 2-year control systems implementation pilot
program within the National Laboratories for the purposes of--
(1) studying the covered entities in the energy sector that
voluntarily participate in the Program to identify new classes
of security vulnerabilities of the covered entities; and
(2) researching, developing, testing, and implementing
technology platforms and standards to isolate and defend
industrial control systems of covered entities from security
vulnerabilities and exploits in the most critical systems of
the covered entities, including--
(A) analog and nondigital control systems;
(B) purpose-built control systems; and
(C) physical controls.

SEC. 4. WORKING GROUP.

(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a working group--
(1) to evaluate the technology platforms and standards used
in the Program under section 3(2); and
(2) to develop a national cyber-informed engineering
strategy to isolate and defend covered entities from security
vulnerabilities and exploits in the most critical systems of
the covered entities.
(b) Membership.--The working group established under subsection (a)
shall be composed of not fewer than 10 members, to be appointed by the
Secretary, at least 1 member of which shall represent each of the
following:
(1) The Department of Energy.
(2) The energy industry, including electric utilities and
manufacturers recommended by the Energy Sector coordinating
councils.
(3)(A) The Department of Homeland Security; or
(B) the Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response
Team.
(4) The North American Electric Reliability Corporation.
(5) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
(6)(A) The Office of the Director of National Intelligence;
or
(B) the intelligence community (as defined in section 3 of
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)).
(7)(A) The Department of Defense; or
(B) the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland
Security and America's Security Affairs.
(8) A State or regional energy agency.
(9) A national research body or academic institution.
(10) The National Laboratories.

SEC. 5. REPORT.

Not later than 2 years after the date on which funds are first
disbursed under the Program, the Secretary shall submit to the
appropriate committees of Congress a final report that--
(1) describes the results of the Program;
(2) includes an analysis of the feasibility of each method
studied under the Program; and
(3) describes the results of the evaluations conducted by
the working group established under section 4(a).

SEC. 6. NO NEW REGULATORY AUTHORITY.

Nothing in this Act authorizes the Secretary or the head of any
other Federal agency to issue new regulations.

SEC. 7. EXEMPTION FROM DISCLOSURE.

Information shared by or with the Federal Government or a State,
tribal, or local government under this Act shall be--
(1) deemed to be voluntarily shared information; and
(2) exempt from disclosure under any provision of Federal,
State, tribal, or local freedom of information law, open
government law, open meetings law, open records law, sunshine
law, or similar law requiring the disclosure of information or
records.

SEC. 8. PROTECTION FROM LIABILITY.

(a) In General.--A cause of action against a covered entity for
engaging in the voluntary activities authorized under section 3--
(1) shall not lie or be maintained in any court; and
(2) shall be promptly dismissed by the applicable court.
(b) Voluntary Activities.--Nothing in this Act subjects any covered
entity to liability for not engaging in the voluntary activities
authorized under section 3.

SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

(a) Pilot Program.--There is authorized to be appropriated
$10,000,000 to carry out section 3.
(b) Working Group and Report.--There is authorized to be
appropriated $1,500,000 to carry out sections 4 and 5.
(c) Availability.--Amounts made available under subsections (a) and
(b) shall remain available until expended.
Output:
Securing Energy Infrastructure Act This bill establishes a two-year pilot program within the Department of Energy's (DOE)national laboratories to identify thesecurity vulnerabilities of certain entities in the energy sector, and research and test technology that can be used to isolate the most critical systems of such entities from cyber-attacks. In addition,DOE must establish a working group to evaluate the technology solutions proposed by the national laboratories and to develop a national cyber strategy to isolate the energy grid from attacks. DOE must also submit a report to Congress describing the results of the pilot program, assessing the feasibility of the techniques considered, and outlining the results of the working group's evaluation.