The House passed a bill on July 27 that seeks to address the issue of increasing cyber threats to America’s energy infrastructure by providing grants to university students specializing in cybersecurity.
H.R. 7569, also called the “Energy Cybersecurity University Leadership Act of 2022,” was passed with a package of other bills in 336–90 vote.
The bill directs the secretary of energy to create a grant program to “provide financial assistance to graduate students and postdoctoral researchers pursuing certain courses of study relating to cybersecurity and energy infrastructure.”
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm will be tasked with providing traineeship and research experiences to students and researchers at utilities and national labs owned by the Department of Energy….