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Rural and Municipal Utility Cybersecurity Act

Introduced Jan 27, 2026

Latest action (Jul 13, 2026) Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Referred to
Energy and Natural Resources Committee Energy and Commerce Committee
Policy area
Science, Technology, Communications
Issues
Technology & Privacy

Summary

This bill amends the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to establish and reauthorize the Rural and Municipal Utility Advanced Cybersecurity Grant and Technical Assistance Program. The program provides grants, cooperative agreements, and technical assistance to eligible rural electric cooperatives, municipal utilities, and other publicly owned electric utilities to protect against, detect, respond to, and recover from cybersecurity threats. The bill defines eligible entities and establishes program objectives to deploy advanced cybersecurity technologies in electric utility systems and increase participation in cybersecurity threat information sharing programs. The Secretary of the Department of Energy will administer the program and award funding on a competitive or noncompetitive basis to qualifying utilities.

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)
2 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Mariannette Miller-Meeks’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • NYCBS $26,878
  • NULL $21,077
  • RDV CORPORATION $16,500
  • ESTES COMPANY $16,000
  • DAVITA $15,500

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Mariannette Miller-Meeks → · Outside spending →

Actions (14)
  1. Jul 13, 2026 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. · senate
  2. Jun 29, 2026 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · house
  3. Jun 29, 2026 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4299) · house
  4. Jun 29, 2026 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4299)
  5. Jun 29, 2026 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7266. · house
  6. Jun 29, 2026 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4299-4300) · house
  7. Jun 29, 2026 Mr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. · house
  8. Apr 30, 2026 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 545. · house
  9. Apr 30, 2026 Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-629. · house
  10. Feb 4, 2026 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote. · house
  11. Feb 4, 2026 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
  12. Jan 27, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy. · house
  13. Jan 27, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
  14. Jan 27, 2026 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.

  • HR 2980 — Energy Cybersecurity University Leadership Act of 2025 · Introduced Apr 21, 2025 · Cong. 119 73%
  • HR 7305 — Energy Threat Analysis Center Act of 2026 · Passed House Jul 13, 2026 · Cong. 119 72%
  • HR 7272 — Pipeline Cybersecurity Preparedness Act · Introduced Feb 4, 2026 · Cong. 119 71%
  • HR 7696 — AI Cyber Grid Protection Resilient Development Act of 2026 · Introduced Feb 26, 2026 · Cong. 119 70%
  • HR 7258 — Energy Emergency Leadership Act · Passed House Jul 13, 2026 · Cong. 119 68%
  • S 4699 — Guaranteeing Universal Access to Cybersecurity Act · Introduced Jun 8, 2026 · Cong. 119 68%

Committee action

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Meetings where this bill was on the agenda

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

July 13, 2026

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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