Energy Threat Analysis Center Act of 2026

(1) in paragraph (1)—

(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (E) as subparagraphs (B) through (F), respectively;

(B) by inserting before subparagraph (B), as so redesignated, the following:

(A) to strengthen the collective defense, response, and resilience of the United States energy sector—

(i) by enhancing collaboration between the government and the energy sector to analyze threats to the energy sector and to deny, disrupt, and mitigate operational impacts to energy systems—

(I) by exchanging information at the classified and unclassified level, collectively analyzing potential and realized threats, and providing recommendations to mitigate these threats that benefit the broader energy sector; and

(II) by increasing operational collaboration through establishing the technical infrastructure necessary to house, access, and perform advanced analytics and experimentation to enable analysis, discovery, alerts, and collaboration activities of intelligence-driven and intelligence-informed technical data and knowledge, threat information and to share actionable insights and threat mitigation;

(ii) by advancing the collective understanding of national security risks and vulnerabilities associated with the energy sector that may be exploited by adversaries; and

(iii) by increasing the energy sector’s understanding of threat actor tactics, techniques, procedures, indicators of compromise, capabilities, and activities that present risks to the energy sector.

(C) in subparagraph (D), as so redesignated, by striking sector; and inserting sector; and;

(D) in subparagraph (E), as so redesignated, by striking; and and inserting.; and

(E) by striking subparagraph (F), as so redesignated;

(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (6);

(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:

The Secretary may carry out any activity of the program developed and carried out under paragraph (1) through an Energy Threat Analysis Center, which may be established at one or more physical locations.

The provision of assistance or information under the program developed and carried out under paragraph (1) to a governmental or private entity shall be at the sole and unreviewable discretion of the Secretary.

The provision of assistance or information under the program developed and carried out under paragraph (1) to a governmental or private entity shall not create a right or benefit, substantive or procedural, for any other governmental or private entity to similar assistance or information.

The program developed and carried out under paragraph (1) shall not be considered an advisory committee under chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code.

Information shared by or with the Federal Government or a State, Tribal, or local government under the program developed and carried out under paragraph (1) shall be—

(A) deemed voluntarily shared information and exempt from disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United States Code, and any State, Tribal, or local provision of law requiring disclosure of information or records; and

(B) withheld, without discretion, from the public under section 552(b)(3)(B) of title 5, United States Code, and any State, Tribal, or local provision of law requiring disclosure of information or records.

(3) ; and

(4) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by striking 2022 through 2026 and inserting 2027 through 2031.