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H.R. 7305119th CongressEnergy
Energy Threat Analysis Center Act of 2026
Sponsored by Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL) · 1 active : 1 Republican
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate9 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedJun 29, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govEnergy Threat Analysis Center Act of 2026
This bill reauthorizes through FY2031 and expands the pilot Energy Sector Operational Support for Cyber Resilience Program of the Department of Energy (DOE). The program aims to protect energy infrastructure through collaboration between the federal government and the energy sector and enhancing DOE’s emergency response capabilities.
Specifically, the bill expands the program objectives to include
enhancing collaboration between the government and the energy sector to address threats to energy systems,
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advancing the collective understanding of national security risks and vulnerabilities associated with the energy sector that may be exploited by adversaries, and
helping the energy sector increase its understanding of tactics of adversaries that present risks to the energy sector.
The bill allows DOE to establish an Energy Threat Analysis Center at one or more physical locations for program activities.
The bill also eliminates technical assistance provided under the program to small electric utilities.
Under the bill, the decision to provide assistance or information under the program to a governmental or private entity is at the sole discretion of the Secretary of Energy and is unreviewable.
The bill authorizes the Secretary to (1) enter into and perform contracts, grants, and other transactions with public agencies, private organizations, and persons to carry out the program; and (2) establish and utilize preapproved national security contracting mechanisms, model partnership agreements, and expedited review procedures for purposes of entering into such transactions.
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce · HouseReported by · Referred to
- Energy · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Computer security and identity theft
- Computers and information technology
- Electric power generation and transmission
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
1 activeShow all 1 cosponsors
- Gabe Evans (R-CO-8)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
