I am pleased to work with Representatives Lee and Landsman on this bipartisan legislation to elevate energy emergency preparedness and cybersecurity as core responsibilities within the Department of Energy. By strengthening leadership, coordination, and planning, this legislation will improve the resiliency of our electrical grid and ensure the United States is better prepared to respond to emerging energy security threats.
Will work to elevate energy emergency preparedness and cybersecurity as core responsibilities within the Department of Energy and strengthen the resiliency of the electric grid.
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The bill would amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to give an assistant secretary energy emergency and energy security functions, including energy infrastructure security and resilience, cybersecurity, supply, emergency planning and preparedness, response, restoration, and technical assistance.
Congress.gov shows H.R. 7258 was introduced on Jan. 27, 2026 with Walberg as a cosponsor; the latest action was subcommittee forwarding on Feb. 4, 2026, and the bill is still in Introduced status.
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Walberg took a serious relevant step by cosponsoring H.R. 7258 in January 2026, a bill that would have elevated DOE energy emergency preparedness, cybersecurity, and grid resilience responsibilities. But the bill only advanced to subcommittee forwarding and remained in introduced status, so the promised policy outcome was not actually delivered. Under the federal credit rules, this counts as a meaningful attempt rather than fulfillment.