S.Amdt. 1539

SA 1539. Mrs. LOEFFLER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1407 proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2657, to
support innovation in advanced geothermal research and development, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of part I of subtitle B of title II, add the
following:

SEC. 22__. CYBERSECURITY FRAMEWORK FOR CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS.

The Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of
Homeland Security and the Director of the National Institute
of Standards and Technology, shall--
(1) identify improvements that could result from the use of
the framework of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology entitled ``Framework for Improving Critical
Infrastructure Cybersecurity'' across all critical
infrastructure sectors; and
(2) using existing initiatives of the Department, develop
implementation guidance that links existing cybersecurity
tools, standards, and approaches used in critical
infrastructure sectors to the framework described in
paragraph (1) for the purpose of improving the cybersecurity
of critical infrastructure.
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