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Cybersecurity for Rural Water Systems Act

USA118th CongressS-2388| Senate 
| Updated: 7/19/2023
Catherine Cortez Masto

Catherine Cortez Masto

Democratic Senator

Nevada

Cosponsors (2)
Angus S. King (Independent)Mike Rounds (Republican)

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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.
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Jul 10, 2023

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 118-3809
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
Jul 19, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Jul 19, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
  • July 10, 2023

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 118-3809
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.


  • July 19, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • July 19, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Agriculture and Food

Cybersecurity for Rural Water Systems Act

USA118th CongressS-2388| Senate 
| Updated: 7/19/2023
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.
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Timeline
Jul 10, 2023

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 118-3809
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
Jul 19, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Jul 19, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
  • July 10, 2023

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 118-3809
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.


  • July 19, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • July 19, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Catherine Cortez Masto

Catherine Cortez Masto

Democratic Senator

Nevada

Cosponsors (2)
Angus S. King (Independent)Mike Rounds (Republican)

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

Agriculture and Food

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted