Collins critical infrastructure amendment ‘narrowly tailored’ to energy sector

A proposed amendment to the Senate energy bill mandating infrastructure cybersecurity assessments is more limited than a similar proposal that sparked controversy during last fall's debate over cybersecurity legislation, according to backers of the plan.

On Tuesday, Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) filed an amendment to the bipartisan Energy Policy Modernization Act that would require the federal government to assess the most critical entities in the electric sector and assure that the government is taking every necessary action to reduce...