The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works must review this bill before it can move forward. It has not moved since March 2025. This proposal is currently stalled because no action has occurred for over a year.
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Unlikely to pass
While protecting water is popular, most bills introduced in the Senate never make it to a final vote. It will need support from both parties to move forward.
Key Points
This bill creates a new program through the Environmental Protection Agency to help local water and sewer systems protect themselves from threats. It focuses on both physical attacks and cyber attacks that could disrupt clean water supplies.
The government would provide money to help local water utilities pay for memberships in a national information sharing center. This center helps different water systems talk to each other and the government about new security risks they are seeing.
The Environmental Protection Agency would work more closely with this security center to collect data on threats and help utilities recover if something goes wrong. The goal is to make sure drinking water stays safe even during emergencies or natural disasters.
Congress would set aside 10 million dollars each year for two years to pay for these security upgrades and memberships. This funding helps smaller water systems that might not have the budget to handle advanced cyber security on their own.
Impact Analysis
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Milestones
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Mar 25, 2025Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Mar 25, 2025
Introduced in Senate
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
