United StatesCybersecurity for Rural Water Systems Act
What it does
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.
More detail
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.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Mar 13Introduced in SenateLatest
- Mar 13Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.Introduced