Congress·In Committee·S. 1549

Water Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2025

Water Systems: Cybersecurity Training Grants

May 1, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

Next up: A senate committeeNo action in 15 months

The Water Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2025 is currently in the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. This bill has not moved since May 1, 2025. The Senate committee must review the proposal before it can advance further.

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The bill has strong bipartisan support from well known senators in both parties, which usually helps a bill move forward. However, it is still in the very early stages of the lawmaking process.

Key Points

This bill provides grants to help local water departments train their staff on how to stop hackers and respond if a cyberattack happens. It focuses on making sure the people who manage our drinking water have the skills to defend against digital threats.
The policy updates the Safe Drinking Water Act to allow water systems to use federal money for training manuals and expert guidance. This helps smaller towns that might not have the budget to hire their own cybersecurity experts.
The program would be funded from 2026 through 2031. This long term support is intended to help utilities keep up with new technology and changing tactics used by criminals or foreign governments who target public infrastructure.
Protecting water systems is a growing concern because a successful hack could shut down water service or change chemical levels in the water supply. This bill aims to prevent those kinds of emergencies before they happen.

Impact Analysis

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Milestones

2 milestones2 actions

May 1, 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.

May 1, 2025

Introduced in Senate

The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.

No votes or news coverage recorded for this bill yet.

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Water Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2025

Bill NumberS 1549

Congress119th Congress

ChamberSenate

Latest ActionRead twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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D: 1R: 2

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