Energy Threat Analysis Center Act of 2026
What does the Energy Threat Analysis Center Act of 2026 do?
HR 7305 is a House bill sponsored by Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL). Continues a Department of Energy program that helps protect the country's energy systems — the energy sector — from cyberattacks by sharing threat information between the government and energy companies. It renews the program's funding authorization for five more years and lets the Department run it through a dedicated Energy Threat Analysis Center. Reauthorizes the Department of Energy's energy-sector cybersecurity support program through fiscal year 2031 and authorizes an Energy Threat Analysis Center to carry it out.
Did HR 7305 pass? Where it stands
As of July 17, 2026, HR 7305 has passed the House.
Status: Passed House
Latest vote: House Passed by voice vote on June 29, 2026
Outlook: Possible
Key provisions
- What the Cyberresilience Program Does
- Shares classified and unclassified cyber threat information with the energy sector
- Jointly analyzes threats to energy systems and recommends fixes
- Builds technical infrastructure for advanced analytics on energy-sector threats
- What This Bill Changes
- Extends the program's authorization from fiscal years 2022-2026 to 2027-2031
- Authorizes an Energy Threat Analysis Center at one or more physical locations
- Makes program participation a discretionary, unreviewable choice of the Secretary
- Information Handling Rules
- Information shared under the program is exempt from Freedom of Information Act disclosure
- Shared information deemed voluntarily shared and withheld from the public without discretion
- Program is not an advisory committee under federal advisory-committee law
Last updated July 15, 2026