YourVoice.Now Summary
Puts a senior Energy Department official in charge of energy emergencies, grid security, and cyber threats.
The details
Cyberattacks, extreme weather, and physical threats can all disrupt the power grid and energy supply. This bill would fix clear responsibility for those emergencies inside the Department of Energy. It assigns a senior Assistant Secretary to handle energy emergency and security work. That includes grid resilience, cybersecurity, emerging threats, and emergency planning and response. The official could also give technical help to state, local, and Tribal governments and energy companies when they ask. The change aims to speed the response when energy systems are attacked or fail.
Congressional Summary
Energy Emergency Leadership ActThis bill expands the list of functions that the Secretary of Energy must assign to assistant secretaries under the Department of Energy Organization Act to include energy emergency and energy security functions, such as responsibilities with respect to energy infrastructure and cybersecurity.The Department of Energy must ensure that such functions are performed in coordination with relevant federal agencies.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Reported to House
- Action Date
- 2026-05-11
- Date Added
- 2026-06-26
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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