The Water Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2025 aims to help rural water and wastewater systems strengthen their cybersecurity protections. It directs the U.S. Department of Agriculture to create a program that provides technical assistance to these small rural systems, helping them assess their vulnerability to cyber threats and develop plans to better safeguard their critical infrastructure.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
SponsorRuben Gallego (D-AZ)
Introduced7/23/2025
StatusRead twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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Water Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2025
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The Water Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2025 aims to help rural water and wastewater systems strengthen their cybersecurity protections. It directs the U.S. Department of Agriculture to create a program that provides technical assistance to these small rural systems, helping them assess their vulnerability to cyber threats and develop plans to better safeguard their critical infrastructure.
Bill Number
2388
Sponsor
Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
Introduced
7/23/2025
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Policy Area
Agriculture and Food
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Title
Water Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2025
Bill Number
2388
Sponsor
Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Introduced
7/23/2025
Summary
The Water Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2025 aims to help rural water and wastewater systems strengthen their cybersecurity protections. It directs the U.S. Department of Agriculture to create a program that provides technical assistance to these small rural systems, helping them assess their
The Water Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2025 aims to help rural water and wastewater systems strengthen their cybersecurity protections. It directs the U.S. Department of Agriculture to create a program that provides technical assistance to these small rural systems, helping them assess their vulnerability to cyber threats and develop plans to better safeguard their critical infrastructure.
Last updated: 12/30/2025
Official Summary
Congressional Research Service summary
<p><strong>Cybersecurity for Rural Water Systems Act </strong></p><p>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.</p><p>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.)</p><p>Specifically, the cybersecurity circuit rider program must provide technical assistance to rural water or wastewater systems to</p><ul><li>provide rapid assessments of the system's current ability or inability to respond to cybersecurity threats and protect cyber infrastructure,</li><li>develop reasonable protocols to enhance cybersecurity protection,</li><li>provide assistance to address inadequate cyber protection plans, and</li><li>document a system's current state of water supply cyber protection. </li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><!--tinycomments|2.1|data:application/json;base64,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-->
Key Points
Main provisions of the bill
Establishes a new cybersecurity circuit rider program within the USDA to offer technical assistance to rural water and wastewater systems
Helps rural systems rapidly assess their ability to respond to and protect against cybersecurity threats
Provides guidance to develop protocols to enhance cybersecurity and address inadequate protection plans
Documents the current state of cyber protection for rural water supplies
How This Impacts Americans
Potential effects on citizens and communities
This bill would directly benefit rural communities across the United States that rely on small, local water and wastewater systems. By helping these systems shore up their cybersecurity, the legislation aims to ensure the reliable and secure delivery of clean water to millions of Americans living outside urban areas. Stronger cyber defenses would reduce the risk of disruptive attacks that could contaminate drinking water or disable critical infrastructure.
Policy Areas
Primary Policy Area
Agriculture and Food
Scope & Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction Level
federal
Congressional Session
119th Congress
Citation Reference
2388, 119th Congress (2025). "Water Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2025". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/118-s-2388
