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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-92
CYBER SENSE ACT OF 2021
JULY 19, 2021.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. PALLONE, from the Committee on Energy and Commerce,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 2928]
The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 2928) to require the Secretary of Energy to establish
a voluntary Cyber Sense program to test the cybersecurity of prod-
ucts and technologies intended for use in the bulk-power system,
and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favor-
ably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do
pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. Purpose and Summary .................................................................................. 1
II. Background and Need for the Legislation ................................................... 2
III. Committee Hearings ...................................................................................... 5
IV. Committee Consideration .............................................................................. 5
V . C om m ittee V otes .......................................................................................... 5
VI. Oversight Findings ........................................................................................ 5
VII. New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures 5
VIII. Federal M andates Statem ent ....................................................................... 6
IX. Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ......................... 6
X. Duplication of Federal Program s .................................................................. 6
XI. Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ........................................................................... 6
XII. Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits .................. 6
XIII. Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent .................................................................... 6
XIV. Applicability to Legislative Branch .............................................................. 6
XV. Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ........................................... 6
XVI. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ........................... 7
I. PURPOSE AND SUMMARY
H.R. 2928, the Cyber Sense Act of 2019, would direct the Sec-
retary of Energy (the Secretary), in coordination with relevant Fed-
eral agencies (such as the Department of Homeland Security), to
establish a voluntary Department of Energy (DOE) program that
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