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S 1018 · in committee · major

Cybersecurity for Rural Water Systems Act

What this bill does

  • The bill directs USDA to create a program providing cybersecurity help to rural water and wastewater systems.
  • Rural water systems serving 10,000 or fewer people receive technical assistance and threat assessments.
  • USDA funds the program to develop security protocols and document cyber protection status for eligible systems.

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  1. 01

    How would rural water systems with limited budgets balance the costs of implementing USDA-recommended cybersecurity protocols against other infrastructure needs?

  2. 02

    What specific cyber threats have targeted rural water systems, and how does this bill's technical assistance approach compare to other proposed security solutions?

  3. 03

    Which rural water systems would qualify for assistance under the 10,000-person threshold, and could this leave some vulnerable communities without coverage?

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Catherine Cortez Masto

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Introduced 2025-03-13

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-03-13 · senate · IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

  2. 2025-03-13 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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