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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1018 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to establish |
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| 6 | 6 | | a cybersecurity circuit rider program to provide cybersecurity-related |
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| 7 | 7 | | technical assistance to certain entities that operate rural water or waste- |
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| 8 | 8 | | water systems. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 10 | 10 | | MARCH13, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Ms. C |
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| 12 | 12 | | ORTEZMASTO(for herself and Mr. ROUNDS) introduced the following |
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| 13 | 13 | | bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, |
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| 14 | 14 | | Nutrition, and Forestry |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development |
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| 17 | 17 | | Act to establish a cybersecurity circuit rider program |
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| 18 | 18 | | to provide cybersecurity-related technical assistance to |
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| 19 | 19 | | certain entities that operate rural water or wastewater |
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| 20 | 20 | | systems. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cybersecurity for 4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Rural Water Systems Act’’. 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •S 1018 IS |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. RURAL WATER AND WASTEWATER CYBERSECURITY 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | CIRCUIT RIDER PROGRAM. 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)) is amended by in-4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | serting after paragraph (22) the following: 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘(23) R |
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| 35 | 35 | | URAL WATER AND WASTEWATER CY -6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | BERSECURITY CIRCUIT RIDER PROGRAM .— 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 38 | 38 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | establish a cybersecurity circuit rider program, 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | which shall be structured similarly to the circuit 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | rider program under paragraph (22), to provide 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | technical assistance to associations described in 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | paragraph (1) that operate rural water or 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | wastewater systems— 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(i) to provide rapid assessments of 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | the current ability or inability of those as-16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | sociations— 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘‘(I) to respond to cybersecurity 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | threats; and 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ‘‘(II) to protect the 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | cyberinfrastructure of those associa-21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | tions and public health; 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘(ii) to develop reasonable protocols to 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | enhance cybersecurity protection; 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | ‘‘(iii) to provide assistance to address 25 |
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| 56 | 56 | | inadequate cyber protection plans; and 26 |
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| 59 | 59 | | •S 1018 IS |
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| 60 | 60 | | ‘‘(iv) to document the state of cyber 1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | protection with respect to the water sup-2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | plies of those associations. 3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ‘‘(B) R |
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| 64 | 64 | | EPORT REQUIREMENT .—A circuit 4 |
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| 65 | 65 | | rider that receives funding under this para-5 |
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| 66 | 66 | | graph shall submit to the Secretary a report 6 |
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| 67 | 67 | | documenting— 7 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ‘‘(i) the associations served by the cir-8 |
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| 69 | 69 | | cuit rider under this paragraph; and 9 |
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| 70 | 70 | | ‘‘(ii) the activities performed by the 10 |
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| 71 | 71 | | circuit rider under this paragraph. 11 |
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| 72 | 72 | | ‘‘(C) R |
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| 73 | 73 | | EQUIREMENTS FOR CIRCUIT RID -12 |
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| 74 | 74 | | ERS.—To provide technical assistance under 13 |
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| 75 | 75 | | subparagraph (A), a circuit rider shall possess 14 |
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| 76 | 76 | | the necessary experience and certification to ef-15 |
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| 77 | 77 | | fectively carry out the activities described in 16 |
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| 78 | 78 | | that subparagraph, as determined by the Sec-17 |
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| 79 | 79 | | retary. 18 |
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| 80 | 80 | | ‘‘(D) A |
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| 81 | 81 | | UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA -19 |
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| 82 | 82 | | TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 20 |
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| 83 | 83 | | to carry out this paragraph $10,000,000 for 21 |
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| 84 | 84 | | each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029.’’. 22 |
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