SB 113-53: Core Infrastructure Preparedness Act (Passed)

[Mr. Reactionary]

CORE INFRASTRUCTURE PREPAREDNESS ACT

TITLE I: ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURE

1. $20 Billion is hereby authorized to be expended through FY 2025 to fund improvements to and the expanding, securing, and hardening of critical electricity transmission infrastructure in Atlasia to ensure grid security, functionality, and reliability. The following amounts shall be expended for the following purposes:

A. $ 5 Billion for electrical substation upgrades and construction.

Grant and loan determinations for this purpose shall consider all relevant factors and shall prioritize electrical infrastructure determined to be: critical to the national security, owned by an owner that has a critical lack of funding, in an area with a critical lack of available or adequate infrastructure, or other hardships that make the receipt of funds critically important to national security or the health and safety of the residents of Atlasia.

B. $ 5 Billion for Transmission infrastructure upgrades and construction.

Grant and loan determinations for this purpose shall consider all relevant factors and shall prioritize electrical infrastructure determined to be: critical to the national security, owned by an owner that has a critical lack of funding, in an area with a critical lack of available or adequate infrastructure, or other hardships that make the receipt of funds critically important to national security or the health and safety of the residents of Atlasia.

C. $3 Billion for utility Battery Storage interconnection projects to store surplus electricity generation during off-peak times for use during peak times.

Grant and loan determinations for this purpose shall consider all relevant factors and shall prioritize projects determined to be: critical to the national security, owned by an owner that has a critical lack of funding, in an area with a critical lack of available or adequate infrastructure, or other hardships that make the receipt of funds critically important to national security or the health and safety of the residents of Atlasia.

D. $4 Billion to acquire and construct a critical supply reserve of transformer infrastructure and equipment for use by the federal government during an emergency. The President shall determine the best locations in each Region for such reserves. A supply reserve may be co-located on or at the property or facilities of a State or local government with the consent of the Regional government thereof. All stockpiled infrastructure and equipment shall be Faraday shielded against electromagnetic pulses (EMPs).

E. $2 Billion for Faraday shielding of electrical infrastructure vulnerable to EMPs.

Grant determinations for this purpose shall consider all relevant factors and shall prioritize electrical infrastructure determined to be: critical to the national security, owned by an owner that has a critical lack of funding, in an area with a critical lack of available or adequate infrastructure, or other hardships that make the receipt of funds critically important to national security or the health and safety of the residents of Atlasia.

F. $1 billion on cybersecurity and grid control and management software.

Grant determinations for this purpose shall consider all relevant factors and shall prioritize electrical infrastructure determined to be: critical to the national security, owned by an owner that has a critical lack of funding, in an area with a critical lack of available or adequate infrastructure, or other hardships that make the receipt of funds critically important to national security or the health and safety of the residents of Atlasia.

2. Any government-owned electric utility, electricity cooperative, privately-owned electrical utility that is subject to public regulation, and any Regional Transmission Organization (RTO) shall be permitted to receive funds under this Title. For funds dispersed pursuant to 1(A) - (C) privately-owned utilities and RTOs shall only be eligible for interest free loans payable after ten (10) years with all recovered funds to be deposited in the treasury.

3. Any recipient of funds under this Title shall adopt and implement a Cybersecurity Plan approved by the President that is capable of adequately protecting the infrastructure funded by this Title as well as any other infrastructure owned, controlled, or managed by the recipient.

4. Any recipient of funds under this Title shall be considered contractors for purposes of the Stopping Sino-Espionage Act.

5. Any RTO operating in Atlasia and any person who owns, manages, or controls interregional transmission infrastructure in Atlasia is hereby required to install technology that enables any transmission infrastructure that sends or receives electricity to or from a foreign country or another Region to instantaneously stop all such transmission without damaging or harming the electrical grid and component infrastructure.

TITLE II: INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE

1. $20 Billion is hereby authorized to be expended through FY 2025 to fund improvements to and the expanding, securing, and hardening of critical internet delivery, propagation, amplification, and storage infrastructure in Atlasia to ensure internet security, functionality, and reliability. This may be in the form of grants or zero-interest loans. The following amounts shall be expended for the following purposes:

A. $5 Billion on DNS Server acquisition and upgrades.

Grant and loan determinations for this purpose shall consider all relevant factors and shall prioritize infrastructure determined to be: critical to the national security, owned by an owner that has a critical lack of funding, in an area with a critical lack of available or adequate infrastructure, or other hardships that make the receipt of funds critically important to national security or the health and safety of the residents of Atlasia.

B. $2 Billion on Internet Exchange Port (IXP) centralization and upgrades.

Grant and loan determinations for this purpose shall consider all relevant factors and shall prioritize infrastructure determined to be: critical to the national security, owned by an owner that has a critical lack of funding, in an area with a critical lack of available or adequate infrastructure, or other hardships that make the receipt of funds critically important to national security or the health and safety of the residents of Atlasia.

C. $4 Billion on Wireless Transmission infrastructure acquisition and upgrades.

Grant and loan determinations for this purpose shall consider all relevant factors and shall prioritize infrastructure determined to be: critical to the national security, owned by an owner that has a critical lack of funding, in an area with a critical lack of available or adequate infrastructure, or other hardships that make the receipt of funds critically important to national security or the health and safety of the residents of Atlasia.

D. $2 Billion to acquire and construct a duplicate backup of core internet backbone infrastructure for use by the national government. The President shall determine the best locations in each Region for such infrastructure. Infrastructure may be co-located on or at the property or facilities of a State or local government with the consent of the Region thereof. All duplicate infrastructure and equipment shall be Faraday shielded against electromagnetic pulses (EMPs).

E. $4 Billion to acquire and construct a critical supply reserve of servers and other core internet infrastructure components and equipment for use by the national government during an emergency. The President shall determine the best locations in each Region for such reserves. A supply reserve may be co-located on or at the property or facilities of a State or local government with the consent of the Region thereof. All stockpiled infrastructure and equipment shall be Faraday shielded against electromagnetic pulses (EMPs).

F. $1.5 Billion on Faraday shielding of internet infrastructure vulnerable to EMPs.

Grant determinations for this purpose shall consider all relevant factors and shall prioritize infrastructure determined to be: critical to the national security, owned by an owner that has a critical lack of funding, in an area with a critical lack of available or adequate infrastructure, or other hardships that make the receipt of funds critically important to national security or the health and safety of the residents of Atlasia.

H. $1.5 Billion on cybersecurity and core internet infrastructure control and management software.

Grant determinations for this purpose shall consider all relevant factors and shall prioritize infrastructure determined to be: critical to the national security, owned by an owner that has a critical lack of funding, in an area with a critical lack of available or adequate infrastructure, or other hardships that make the receipt of funds critically important to national security or the health and safety of the residents of Atlasia.

2. Any government-owned ISP, privately-owned ISP, or private owner of internet infrastructure shall be permitted to receive funds under this Title. For funds dispersed pursuant to 1(A) - (C) privately-owned providers shall only be eligible for interest free loans payable after ten (10) years with all recovered funds to be deposited in the IA.

3. Any ISP operating in Atlasia and any person who owns, manages, or controls internet infrastructure, including but not limited to IXPs, in Atlasia is hereby required to install technology that enables any internet infrastructure that directly sends or receives internet traffic to or from a foreign country or another Region to instantaneously stop all such traffic without damaging or harming the internet and component infrastructure.

4. Any recipient of funds under this Title shall adopt and implement a Cybersecurity Plan approved by the President that is capable of adequately protecting the infrastructure funded by this Title as well as any other infrastructure owned,
controlled, or managed by the recipient.

5. Any recipient of funds under this Title shall be considered a contractor for purposes of the Stopping Sino-Espionage Act.

TITLE III: ENACTMENT

1. This act shall take effect immediately.

Sponsor: NC Yankee
Debate on this bill is now open.

[Mr. Reactionary]

This funds electrical grid and internet infrastructure.

[Mr. Reactionary]

I move for a final vote. 24 hours to object.

[Pyro]

The basic premise of this bill is solid. Investing public funds into developing electrical and internet infrastructure is a well-meaning effort. My main concern is the lack of oversight provisions regarding this $40 Billion expenditure. In other words, such a dramatic transfer of funds ought to necessitate that a federal agency or committee be tasked with surveying or monitoring the usage of these funds. The last thing we need is a transfer of wealth to electrical corporations more interested in lining their pockets or issuing stock buybacks than developing this country.

I do not see the need to include any provision regarding zero-interest loans. Unless the borrower is a non-profit or a publicly-owned utility, all recipients of federal loans should pay back every cent of the $40 Billion that was borrowed. In addition, I'm unsure of the implications of Title 2, Section 3. Something as significant as granting the right to shut down internet traffic from another country feels like it belongs in its own bill. Additionally, the word "Governor" (erroneously?) appears a couple of times in this text without much explanation.

If elected, I would propose a few amendments to this legislation to clear these concerns.

[Mr. Reactionary]

Governor typos have been fixed, thanks for finding those.

As to the program structure, government utilities and non-profits are eligible for grants (i.e. free money) and for-profits are only eligible for loans (i.e. money that must be repaid) as specified in I-2 and II-2. So for-profits are being required to repay every cent they borrow. If we were going to charge market-rate interest there is literally no reason for us to do this as a bank could just do that. And the loans are specifically for identified infrastructure improvements, not stock buybacks. Private utilities typically are subject to State ratemaking where costs are passed through to customers, so the infrastructure improvements being funded by us spare customers from rate increases and get them necessary improvements. And again the loans are repayable which means the funds will come back.

Im pretty sure any program involving the expenditure of funds to recipients are subject to general record-keeping and audit requirements already established in federal law. Im in-house counsel for a government-owned utility and we have to do a bunch of general documentation for federal auditors regardless of which program we are awarded funds from. In our case its from DoE which is subordinate to DoIA in game.

And requiring IXPs to be capable of blocking harmful traffic is not authorization to actually shut down the traffic. Im fine covering when such traffic can be shut down in a future bill, but this provision just ensures that any private infrastructure that we help fund is capable of such in the event we decide to go that route. Requiring it as a voluntary condition of receiving federal funds seems less iron fisted that just demanding it for nothing. This allows them to plan for it during scheduled upgrades and implement it more efficiently than just ordering it later when no upgrades may have been planned.

[Pyro]

As to the program structure, government utilities and non-profits are eligible for grants (i.e. free money) and for-profits are only eligible for loans (i.e. money that must be repaid) as specified in I-2 and II-2. So for-profits are being required to repay every cent they borrow. If we were going to charge market-rate interest there is literally no reason for us to do this as a bank could just do that. And the loans are specifically for identified infrastructure improvements, not stock buybacks. Private utilities typically are subject to State ratemaking where costs are passed through to customers, so the infrastructure improvements being funded by us spare customers from rate increases and get them necessary improvements. And again the loans are repayable which means the funds will come back.

Im pretty sure any program involving the expenditure of funds to recipients are subject to general record-keeping and audit requirements already established in federal law. Im in-house counsel for a government-owned utility and we have to do a bunch of general documentation for federal auditors regardless of which program we are awarded funds from. In our case its from DoE which is subordinate to DoIA in game.

Thank you for clarifying this. If we are differentiating eligibility for the loan and grant programs based on the factors you've highlighted, then that has my support. I would suggest an amendment be added to make this clearer, particularly to state that any for-profit entity is disqualified from receiving grant funds or zero-interest loans.

More so, although this bill categorizes and identifies the purpose for each loan/grant program, I do not see where it specifically holds borrowers accountable for limiting use to that purpose. It would be an excellent idea to codify the record-keeping and audit requirements you have mentioned into this bill to ensure all borrowers are subject to those rules.

And requiring IXPs to be capable of blocking harmful traffic is not authorization to actually shut down the traffic. Im fine covering when such traffic can be shut down in a future bill, but this provision just ensures that any private infrastructure that we help fund is capable of such in the event we decide to go that route. Requiring it as a voluntary condition of receiving federal funds seems less iron fisted that just demanding it for nothing. This allows them to plan for it during scheduled upgrades and implement it more efficiently than just ordering it later when no upgrades may have been planned.

I understand this, and I am not stating my opposition to the idea, but it is a fairly major proposal to include in a bill that otherwise pertains to loan and grant programs for infrastructure improvement. Passing this with the condition that all ISP loan recipients prepare themselves for the eventually of a potential shut down of outside traffic essentially means this government already has that objective in mind.

If the Senate is to debate the ethics and logistics of blocking net traffic from foreign nations, I believe this merits its own thread. Then, if passed in a more fleshed-out form, we can provide the necessary funds and still give the ISPs ample time to prepare for such an eventuality.

[Mr. Reactionary]

While I still think this is unnecessary I offer the following amendment alongside the final vote motion. If there are no objections to the amendment in 24 hours I move we proceed to a final vote which vote may also be objected to.

TITLE I: ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURE

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6. Funds awarded under this title may only be expended on project costs directly identified herein. Any recipient of funding under this title shall retain all relevant documentation for up to two (2) years after the conclusion of the project or repayment period, whichever is longer, and may be subject to federal audit during such time.

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TITLE II: INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE

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6. Funds awarded under this title may only be expended on project costs directly identified herein. Any recipient of funding under this title shall retain all relevant documentation for up to two (2) years after the conclusion of the project or repayment period, whichever is longer, and may be subject to federal audit during such time.

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[Mr. Reactionary]

Amendment adopted and final vote approved. Final vote opens tomorrow with the others.

[Mr. Reactionary]

A final vote is now open until Wednesday noon eastern. Please vote Aye, Nay, or Abstain.

CORE INFRASTRUCTURE PREPAREDNESS ACT

TITLE I: ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURE

1. $20 Billion is hereby authorized to be expended through FY 2025 to fund improvements to and the expanding, securing, and hardening of critical electricity transmission infrastructure in Atlasia to ensure grid security, functionality, and reliability. The following amounts shall be expended for the following purposes:

A. $ 5 Billion for electrical substation upgrades and construction.

Grant and loan determinations for this purpose shall consider all relevant factors and shall prioritize electrical infrastructure determined to be: critical to the national security, owned by an owner that has a critical lack of funding, in an area with a critical lack of available or adequate infrastructure, or other hardships that make the receipt of funds critically important to national security or the health and safety of the residents of Atlasia.

B. $ 5 Billion for Transmission infrastructure upgrades and construction.

Grant and loan determinations for this purpose shall consider all relevant factors and shall prioritize electrical infrastructure determined to be: critical to the national security, owned by an owner that has a critical lack of funding, in an area with a critical lack of available or adequate infrastructure, or other hardships that make the receipt of funds critically important to national security or the health and safety of the residents of Atlasia.

C. $3 Billion for utility Battery Storage interconnection projects to store surplus electricity generation during off-peak times for use during peak times.

Grant and loan determinations for this purpose shall consider all relevant factors and shall prioritize projects determined to be: critical to the national security, owned by an owner that has a critical lack of funding, in an area with a critical lack of available or adequate infrastructure, or other hardships that make the receipt of funds critically important to national security or the health and safety of the residents of Atlasia.

D. $4 Billion to acquire and construct a critical supply reserve of transformer infrastructure and equipment for use by the federal government during an emergency. The President shall determine the best locations in each Region for such reserves. A supply reserve may be co-located on or at the property or facilities of a State or local government with the consent of the Regional government thereof. All stockpiled infrastructure and equipment shall be Faraday shielded against electromagnetic pulses (EMPs).

E. $2 Billion for Faraday shielding of electrical infrastructure vulnerable to EMPs.

Grant determinations for this purpose shall consider all relevant factors and shall prioritize electrical infrastructure determined to be: critical to the national security, owned by an owner that has a critical lack of funding, in an area with a critical lack of available or adequate infrastructure, or other hardships that make the receipt of funds critically important to national security or the health and safety of the residents of Atlasia.

F. $1 billion on cybersecurity and grid control and management software.

Grant determinations for this purpose shall consider all relevant factors and shall prioritize electrical infrastructure determined to be: critical to the national security, owned by an owner that has a critical lack of funding, in an area with a critical lack of available or adequate infrastructure, or other hardships that make the receipt of funds critically important to national security or the health and safety of the residents of Atlasia.

2. Any government-owned electric utility, electricity cooperative, privately-owned electrical utility that is subject to public regulation, and any Regional Transmission Organization (RTO) shall be permitted to receive funds under this Title. For funds dispersed pursuant to 1(A) - (C) privately-owned utilities and RTOs shall only be eligible for interest free loans payable after ten (10) years with all recovered funds to be deposited in the treasury.

3. Any recipient of funds under this Title shall adopt and implement a Cybersecurity Plan approved by the President that is capable of adequately protecting the infrastructure funded by this Title as well as any other infrastructure owned, controlled, or managed by the recipient.

4. Any recipient of funds under this Title shall be considered contractors for purposes of the Stopping Sino-Espionage Act.

5. Any RTO operating in Atlasia and any person who owns, manages, or controls interregional transmission infrastructure in Atlasia is hereby required to install technology that enables any transmission infrastructure that sends or receives electricity to or from a foreign country or another Region to instantaneously stop all such transmission without damaging or harming the electrical grid and component infrastructure.

6. Funds awarded under this title may only be expended on project costs directly identified herein. Any recipient of funding under this title shall retain all relevant documentation for up to two (2) years after the conclusion of the project or repayment period, whichever is longer, and may be subject to federal audit during such time.

TITLE II: INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE

1. $20 Billion is hereby authorized to be expended through FY 2025 to fund improvements to and the expanding, securing, and hardening of critical internet delivery, propagation, amplification, and storage infrastructure in Atlasia to ensure internet security, functionality, and reliability. This may be in the form of grants or zero-interest loans. The following amounts shall be expended for the following purposes:

A. $5 Billion on DNS Server acquisition and upgrades.

Grant and loan determinations for this purpose shall consider all relevant factors and shall prioritize infrastructure determined to be: critical to the national security, owned by an owner that has a critical lack of funding, in an area with a critical lack of available or adequate infrastructure, or other hardships that make the receipt of funds critically important to national security or the health and safety of the residents of Atlasia.

B. $2 Billion on Internet Exchange Port (IXP) centralization and upgrades.

Grant and loan determinations for this purpose shall consider all relevant factors and shall prioritize infrastructure determined to be: critical to the national security, owned by an owner that has a critical lack of funding, in an area with a critical lack of available or adequate infrastructure, or other hardships that make the receipt of funds critically important to national security or the health and safety of the residents of Atlasia.

C. $4 Billion on Wireless Transmission infrastructure acquisition and upgrades.

Grant and loan determinations for this purpose shall consider all relevant factors and shall prioritize infrastructure determined to be: critical to the national security, owned by an owner that has a critical lack of funding, in an area with a critical lack of available or adequate infrastructure, or other hardships that make the receipt of funds critically important to national security or the health and safety of the residents of Atlasia.

D. $2 Billion to acquire and construct a duplicate backup of core internet backbone infrastructure for use by the national government. The President shall determine the best locations in each Region for such infrastructure. Infrastructure may be co-located on or at the property or facilities of a State or local government with the consent of the Region thereof. All duplicate infrastructure and equipment shall be Faraday shielded against electromagnetic pulses (EMPs).

E. $4 Billion to acquire and construct a critical supply reserve of servers and other core internet infrastructure components and equipment for use by the national government during an emergency. The President shall determine the best locations in each Region for such reserves. A supply reserve may be co-located on or at the property or facilities of a State or local government with the consent of the Region thereof. All stockpiled infrastructure and equipment shall be Faraday shielded against electromagnetic pulses (EMPs).

F. $1.5 Billion on Faraday shielding of internet infrastructure vulnerable to EMPs.

Grant determinations for this purpose shall consider all relevant factors and shall prioritize infrastructure determined to be: critical to the national security, owned by an owner that has a critical lack of funding, in an area with a critical lack of available or adequate infrastructure, or other hardships that make the receipt of funds critically important to national security or the health and safety of the residents of Atlasia.

H. $1.5 Billion on cybersecurity and core internet infrastructure control and management software.

Grant determinations for this purpose shall consider all relevant factors and shall prioritize infrastructure determined to be: critical to the national security, owned by an owner that has a critical lack of funding, in an area with a critical lack of available or adequate infrastructure, or other hardships that make the receipt of funds critically important to national security or the health and safety of the residents of Atlasia.

2. Any government-owned ISP, privately-owned ISP, or private owner of internet infrastructure shall be permitted to receive funds under this Title. For funds dispersed pursuant to 1(A) - (C) privately-owned providers shall only be eligible for interest free loans payable after ten (10) years with all recovered funds to be deposited in the IA.

3. Any ISP operating in Atlasia and any person who owns, manages, or controls internet infrastructure, including but not limited to IXPs, in Atlasia is hereby required to install technology that enables any internet infrastructure that directly sends or receives internet traffic to or from a foreign country or another Region to instantaneously stop all such traffic without damaging or harming the internet and component infrastructure.

4. Any recipient of funds under this Title shall adopt and implement a Cybersecurity Plan approved by the President that is capable of adequately protecting the infrastructure funded by this Title as well as any other infrastructure owned,
controlled, or managed by the recipient.

5. Any recipient of funds under this Title shall be considered a contractor for purposes of the Stopping Sino-Espionage Act.

6. Funds awarded under this title may only be expended on project costs directly identified herein. Any recipient of funding under this title shall retain all relevant documentation for up to two (2) years after the conclusion of the project or repayment period, whichever is longer, and may be subject to federal audit during such time.

TITLE III: ENACTMENT

1. This act shall take effect immediately.

[West_Midlander]

Aye

[Enduro]

Abstain.

I may change my vote if someone explains how this is paid for.

[At-Large Senator LouisvilleThunder]

Aye

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

Aye

[Liminal Trans Girl]

Aye

[Utah Neolib]

Aye

[LAKISYLVANIA]

Aye

[FT-02 Senator A.F.E. 🇵🇸🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦]

Aye

[Mr. Reactionary]

Aye

[PPT Spiral]

Aye

[Mr. Reactionary]

Bill passes 9-0-1-8

[Mr. Reactionary]

CORE INFRASTRUCTURE PREPAREDNESS ACT

TITLE I: ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURE

1. $20 Billion is hereby authorized to be expended through FY 2025 to fund improvements to and the expanding, securing, and hardening of critical electricity transmission infrastructure in Atlasia to ensure grid security, functionality, and reliability. The following amounts shall be expended for the following purposes:

A. $ 5 Billion for electrical substation upgrades and construction.

Grant and loan determinations for this purpose shall consider all relevant factors and shall prioritize electrical infrastructure determined to be: critical to the national security, owned by an owner that has a critical lack of funding, in an area with a critical lack of available or adequate infrastructure, or other hardships that make the receipt of funds critically important to national security or the health and safety of the residents of Atlasia.

B. $ 5 Billion for Transmission infrastructure upgrades and construction.

Grant and loan determinations for this purpose shall consider all relevant factors and shall prioritize electrical infrastructure determined to be: critical to the national security, owned by an owner that has a critical lack of funding, in an area with a critical lack of available or adequate infrastructure, or other hardships that make the receipt of funds critically important to national security or the health and safety of the residents of Atlasia.

C. $3 Billion for utility Battery Storage interconnection projects to store surplus electricity generation during off-peak times for use during peak times.

Grant and loan determinations for this purpose shall consider all relevant factors and shall prioritize projects determined to be: critical to the national security, owned by an owner that has a critical lack of funding, in an area with a critical lack of available or adequate infrastructure, or other hardships that make the receipt of funds critically important to national security or the health and safety of the residents of Atlasia.

D. $4 Billion to acquire and construct a critical supply reserve of transformer infrastructure and equipment for use by the federal government during an emergency. The President shall determine the best locations in each Region for such reserves. A supply reserve may be co-located on or at the property or facilities of a State or local government with the consent of the Regional government thereof. All stockpiled infrastructure and equipment shall be Faraday shielded against electromagnetic pulses (EMPs).

E. $2 Billion for Faraday shielding of electrical infrastructure vulnerable to EMPs.

Grant determinations for this purpose shall consider all relevant factors and shall prioritize electrical infrastructure determined to be: critical to the national security, owned by an owner that has a critical lack of funding, in an area with a critical lack of available or adequate infrastructure, or other hardships that make the receipt of funds critically important to national security or the health and safety of the residents of Atlasia.

F. $1 billion on cybersecurity and grid control and management software.

Grant determinations for this purpose shall consider all relevant factors and shall prioritize electrical infrastructure determined to be: critical to the national security, owned by an owner that has a critical lack of funding, in an area with a critical lack of available or adequate infrastructure, or other hardships that make the receipt of funds critically important to national security or the health and safety of the residents of Atlasia.

2. Any government-owned electric utility, electricity cooperative, privately-owned electrical utility that is subject to public regulation, and any Regional Transmission Organization (RTO) shall be permitted to receive funds under this Title. For funds dispersed pursuant to 1(A) - (C) privately-owned utilities and RTOs shall only be eligible for interest free loans payable after ten (10) years with all recovered funds to be deposited in the treasury.

3. Any recipient of funds under this Title shall adopt and implement a Cybersecurity Plan approved by the President that is capable of adequately protecting the infrastructure funded by this Title as well as any other infrastructure owned, controlled, or managed by the recipient.

4. Any recipient of funds under this Title shall be considered contractors for purposes of the Stopping Sino-Espionage Act.

5. Any RTO operating in Atlasia and any person who owns, manages, or controls interregional transmission infrastructure in Atlasia is hereby required to install technology that enables any transmission infrastructure that sends or receives electricity to or from a foreign country or another Region to instantaneously stop all such transmission without damaging or harming the electrical grid and component infrastructure.

6. Funds awarded under this title may only be expended on project costs directly identified herein. Any recipient of funding under this title shall retain all relevant documentation for up to two (2) years after the conclusion of the project or repayment period, whichever is longer, and may be subject to federal audit during such time.

TITLE II: INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE

1. $20 Billion is hereby authorized to be expended through FY 2025 to fund improvements to and the expanding, securing, and hardening of critical internet delivery, propagation, amplification, and storage infrastructure in Atlasia to ensure internet security, functionality, and reliability. This may be in the form of grants or zero-interest loans. The following amounts shall be expended for the following purposes:

A. $5 Billion on DNS Server acquisition and upgrades.

Grant and loan determinations for this purpose shall consider all relevant factors and shall prioritize infrastructure determined to be: critical to the national security, owned by an owner that has a critical lack of funding, in an area with a critical lack of available or adequate infrastructure, or other hardships that make the receipt of funds critically important to national security or the health and safety of the residents of Atlasia.

B. $2 Billion on Internet Exchange Port (IXP) centralization and upgrades.

Grant and loan determinations for this purpose shall consider all relevant factors and shall prioritize infrastructure determined to be: critical to the national security, owned by an owner that has a critical lack of funding, in an area with a critical lack of available or adequate infrastructure, or other hardships that make the receipt of funds critically important to national security or the health and safety of the residents of Atlasia.

C. $4 Billion on Wireless Transmission infrastructure acquisition and upgrades.

Grant and loan determinations for this purpose shall consider all relevant factors and shall prioritize infrastructure determined to be: critical to the national security, owned by an owner that has a critical lack of funding, in an area with a critical lack of available or adequate infrastructure, or other hardships that make the receipt of funds critically important to national security or the health and safety of the residents of Atlasia.

D. $2 Billion to acquire and construct a duplicate backup of core internet backbone infrastructure for use by the national government. The President shall determine the best locations in each Region for such infrastructure. Infrastructure may be co-located on or at the property or facilities of a State or local government with the consent of the Region thereof. All duplicate infrastructure and equipment shall be Faraday shielded against electromagnetic pulses (EMPs).

E. $4 Billion to acquire and construct a critical supply reserve of servers and other core internet infrastructure components and equipment for use by the national government during an emergency. The President shall determine the best locations in each Region for such reserves. A supply reserve may be co-located on or at the property or facilities of a State or local government with the consent of the Region thereof. All stockpiled infrastructure and equipment shall be Faraday shielded against electromagnetic pulses (EMPs).

F. $1.5 Billion on Faraday shielding of internet infrastructure vulnerable to EMPs.

Grant determinations for this purpose shall consider all relevant factors and shall prioritize infrastructure determined to be: critical to the national security, owned by an owner that has a critical lack of funding, in an area with a critical lack of available or adequate infrastructure, or other hardships that make the receipt of funds critically important to national security or the health and safety of the residents of Atlasia.

H. $1.5 Billion on cybersecurity and core internet infrastructure control and management software.

Grant determinations for this purpose shall consider all relevant factors and shall prioritize infrastructure determined to be: critical to the national security, owned by an owner that has a critical lack of funding, in an area with a critical lack of available or adequate infrastructure, or other hardships that make the receipt of funds critically important to national security or the health and safety of the residents of Atlasia.

2. Any government-owned ISP, privately-owned ISP, or private owner of internet infrastructure shall be permitted to receive funds under this Title. For funds dispersed pursuant to 1(A) - (C) privately-owned providers shall only be eligible for interest free loans payable after ten (10) years with all recovered funds to be deposited in the IA.

3. Any ISP operating in Atlasia and any person who owns, manages, or controls internet infrastructure, including but not limited to IXPs, in Atlasia is hereby required to install technology that enables any internet infrastructure that directly sends or receives internet traffic to or from a foreign country or another Region to instantaneously stop all such traffic without damaging or harming the internet and component infrastructure.

4. Any recipient of funds under this Title shall adopt and implement a Cybersecurity Plan approved by the President that is capable of adequately protecting the infrastructure funded by this Title as well as any other infrastructure owned,
controlled, or managed by the recipient.

5. Any recipient of funds under this Title shall be considered a contractor for purposes of the Stopping Sino-Espionage Act.

6. Funds awarded under this title may only be expended on project costs directly identified herein. Any recipient of funding under this title shall retain all relevant documentation for up to two (2) years after the conclusion of the project or repayment period, whichever is longer, and may be subject to federal audit during such time.

TITLE III: ENACTMENT

1. This act shall take effect immediately.

Passed 9-0-1-8 in the Atlasian Senate assembled.

- R, PPT