Water Cyber Shield Act of 2026

This bill would require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set baseline cybersecurity standards for public drinking water systems and for large wastewater treatment plants. Water systems would have to assess their cyber risks, plan countermeasures, and give those portions of their plans to their state or the EPA for review and approval during cybersecurity assessments that include yearly inspections of a sample of systems. The submitted information would be exempt from federal and state public records laws. The bill authorizes $300 million per year from 2027 through 2032 each for drinking water and wastewater cybersecurity aid. It would also require larger water and wastewater systems to report cyber incidents to the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which would share the reports with the EPA.

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Sponsors

• Adam B. Schiff Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors