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Cybersecurity for Rural Water Systems Act

To include cybersecurity technical assistance in the national rural water and wastewater circuit rider program of Department of Agriculture.

Introduced Mar 14, 2025

Latest action (Apr 4, 2025) Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.

Referred to
Agriculture Committee
Policy area
Agriculture and Food
Issues
Technology & Privacy

Summary
  • Adds cybersecurity technical assistance to the Department of Agriculture's national rural water and wastewater circuit rider program.
  • Specifies that cybersecurity assistance serves rural water systems serving fewer than 10,000 persons and includes assessing system protection against cyber threats and implementing cybersecurity plans, procedures, and technologies.
  • Increases annual program funding from $25,000,000 to $32,500,000 for fiscal years 2026 through 2030.
  • Designates $7,500,000 annually from the increased program funding specifically for cybersecurity technical assistance.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
5 cosponsors

Actions (3)
  1. Apr 4, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development. · house
  2. Mar 14, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. · house
  3. Mar 14, 2025 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 1018 — Cybersecurity for Rural Water Systems Act · Introduced Mar 13, 2025 · Cong. 119 83%
  • HR 5868 — Water Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2025 · Introduced Oct 28, 2025 · Cong. 119 74%
  • S 1549 — Water Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2025 · Introduced May 1, 2025 · Cong. 119 74%
  • S 1118 — Water Intelligence, Security, and Cyber Threat Protection Act of 2025 · Introduced Mar 25, 2025 · Cong. 119 71%
  • S 3967 — FLOWS Act of 2026 · Introduced Mar 3, 2026 · Cong. 119 70%
  • HR 7266 — Rural and Municipal Utility Cybersecurity Act · Passed House Jul 13, 2026 · Cong. 119 68%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Mar 14, 2025

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 14, 2025

Mr. Davis of North Carolina (for himself and Mr. Nunn of Iowa) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

A BILL

To include cybersecurity technical assistance in the national rural water and wastewater circuit rider program of Department of Agriculture.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Cybersecurity for Rural Water Systems Act”.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF CYBERSECURITY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN THE NATIONAL RURAL WATER AND WASTEWATER CIRCUIT RIDER PROGRAM.

(a) In General.—Section 306(a)(22)(A) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(22)(A)) is amended—

(1) by striking “and” at the end of clause (i); and

(2) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii) and inserting after clause (i) the following:

“(ii) shall include cybersecurity technical assistance for rural water systems serving fewer than 10,000 persons, to—

“(I) assess system efficacy in protecting against cyber threats; and

“(II) implement cybersecurity plans, procedures, and technologies to protect against cyber threats; and”.

(b) Extension of Program.—Section 306(a)(22)(B) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(22)(B)) is amended by striking “$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023” and inserting “$32,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030, of which $7,500,000 for each of the fiscal years shall be used to provide cybersecurity technical assistance in accordance with subparagraph (A)(ii)”. <all>

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