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S. Rept. 116-71 1 (2019-08-16)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxacoy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 116TH CONGRESS I 1st Session J SENATE Calendar No. 173 REPORT 116-71 SECURING ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE ACT AUGUST 16, 2019.-Ordered to be printed Filed, under authority of the order of the Senate of August 1, 2019 Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 174] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was referred the bill (S. 174) to provide for the establishment of a pilot program to identify security vulnerabilities of certain entities in the energy sector, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment, and recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass. AMENDMENT The amendment is as follows: On page 2, lines 13 and 14, strike entity identified pursuant to section 9(a) and insert owner or operator described in section 9(c). PURPOSE The purpose of S. 174 is to provide for the establishment of a pilot program to identify security vulnerabilities of certain entities in the energy sector. BACKGROUND AND NEED Critical infrastructures within the United States are enticing tar- gets to malicious actors. Notably, these include industrial control systems, which are operational technologies used to measure, con- trol, or manage industrial functions (e.g., supervisory control and 89-010 AUTHENTICATEO U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION Op