S 1018 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

Cybersecurity for Rural Water Systems Act

Introduced Mar 13, 2025 Originated Senate Sponsor Catherine Cortez Masto D-NV

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 13, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMar 13, 2025
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Cybersecurity for Rural Water Systems Act

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a cybersecurity circuit rider program to provide cybersecurity technical assistance for rural water and wastewater systems.

The program must be structured similarly to the USDA Circuit Rider Program. Under this program, USDA provides technical assistance to rural water systems that serve areas with populations of 10,000 or fewer people and are experiencing day-to-day operational, financial, or managerial issues.

Specifically, the cybersecurity circuit rider program must provide technical assistance to rural water or wastewater systems to

  • provide rapid assessments of the system's current ability or inability to respond to cybersecurity threats and protect cyber infrastructure,
  • develop reasonable protocols to enhance cybersecurity protection,
  • provide assistance to address inadequate cyber protection plans, and
  • document a system's current state of water supply cyber protection.

 

 

 

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 13, 2025.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-SDMike RoundsOriginalMar 13, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 13, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 13, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2388Cybersecurity for Rural Water Systems ActCross-Congress related billJul 19, 2023

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.

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  1. Mar 13, 2025Introduced in Senate

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