S.Amdt. 6363
What it does: Adds SEC. 1077. PROTECTION OF ELECTRIC GRID OF UNITED STATES FROM CYBER WARFARE AND ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE THREATS at the end of subtitle G of title X
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI)What it changes
1 change to S.Amdt. 5499 · shown in S.Amdt. 5499's text
Adds SEC. 1077. PROTECTION OF ELECTRIC GRID OF UNITED STATES FROM CYBER WARFARE AND ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE THREATS at the end of subtitle G of title X
Adds a sectionIn S.Amdt. 5499 as proposed
(2) as a recognition of Senator Inhofe's long history of engaging with, and advocating for, Africa, the Department of Defense Africa Center for Strategic Studies should be renamed the James M. Inhofe Center for Africa Strategic Studies.
Inserted: SEC. 1077. PROTECTION OF ELECTRIC GRID OF UNITED STATES FROM CYBER WARFARE AND ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE THREATS.
Inserted: (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency shall provide information and resources, including through the procurement or construction of large power transformers, to entities described in subsection (b) to protect the electric grid of the United States from cyber warfare and electromagnetic pulse threats, including--
Inserted: (1) a high-altitude nuclear electromagnetic pulse attack;
Inserted: (2) a natural electromagnetic pulse generated by a solar superstorm; and
Inserted: (3) other cyber electromagnetic pulse threats, such as radiofrequency weapons.
Inserted: (b) Entities Described.--The entities described in this subsection are the following:
Inserted: (1) State governmental entities responsible for national and homeland security.
Inserted: (2) Public utility commissions.
Inserted: (3) The North American Electric Reliability Corporation.
Inserted: (4) Utilities that supply electricity to military installations and critical defense industries, as determined by the Secretary of Defense, within the continental United States.
Inserted: (c) Funding.--
Inserted: (1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Defense $4,000,000,000 to carry out this section.
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Inserted: (2) Offset.--Of the unobligated balances made available under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2; 135 Stat. 4), or an amendment made by such Act, there is rescinded, on a pro rata basis, $4,000,000,000.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:
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As printed
SA 6363. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1077. PROTECTION OF ELECTRIC GRID OF UNITED STATES FROM CYBER WARFARE AND ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE THREATS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency shall provide information and resources, including through the procurement or construction of large power transformers, to entities described in subsection (b) to protect the electric grid of the United States from cyber warfare and electromagnetic pulse threats, including--
(1) a high-altitude nuclear electromagnetic pulse attack;
(2) a natural electromagnetic pulse generated by a solar superstorm; and
(3) other cyber electromagnetic pulse threats, such as radiofrequency weapons.
(b) Entities Described.--The entities described in this subsection are the following:
(1) State governmental entities responsible for national and homeland security.
(2) Public utility commissions.
(3) The North American Electric Reliability Corporation.
(4) Utilities that supply electricity to military installations and critical defense industries, as determined by the Secretary of Defense, within the continental United States.
(c) Funding.--
(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Defense $4,000,000,000 to carry out this section.
(2) Offset.--Of the unobligated balances made available under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2; 135 Stat. 4), or an amendment made by such Act, there is rescinded, on a pro rata basis, $4,000,000,000.
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Senate amendment submitted
September 29, 2022