therefore, interested parties will have an opportunity to address any concerns with ferc. and the second is to include a new section 6 which would clarify that nothing in h.r. 4451 would diminish or extinguish any existing rights under such license. mr. speaker, this bill has no direct cost. we are in support of the bill. thank you, mr. speaker, and i will reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from connecticut. mr. murphy: i thank the gentleman for his support of the bill and for working with us and providing the amendment that he referenced. i think it's important to underscore his point that this is not a requirement that ferc reissue these licenses to the town of canton. it's just permissive language allowing them to do that given proper environmental review and proper availability of comment from other interested parties. this really is an example of how local power production can be done right. this is a nonpartisan local issue. republicans and democrats at the local and state level, alon

as it relates to cyberand electromagneti weapons, it gives ferc the authority to establish standards to protect the power system against vussnerblets from malicious acts using electromagnetic weapons. geomagnetic storms, the bill requires ferc to direct nerc to submit for approval the reliability standard under section 250 to protect the infrastructure, and for large transformers the bl requires ferc again to direct nerc to submit for approval reliability standard under section 215 to require adequate availability of large transformers to ensure the reliability of the infrastructure in the event of an attack with a geomagnetic storm. i would like to cite just a very few words in a letter that was signed by some real national security experts. james woolsey, steven hadley, rudy deleone, james schlesinger, and willie schneider jr., it's an official use overwhelm letter so i cannot submit it for te record or read more than a few words. they say together, we strongly endorse timely passage of this legislation in recognition that the electricity grid is a critical national security asset.

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