Bill · S. 1118· Senate(119-S-1118)
Water Intelligence, Security, and Cyber Threat Protection Act of 2025
- Introduced
- 3/25/2025
- Last activity
- 3/25/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Sponsored by
- Edward Markey
- Cosponsors
- None
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill, known as the "Water Intelligence, Security, and Cyber Threat Protection Act of 2025," aims to create a program focused on water system preparedness. The Administrator of the EPA is tasked with developing a program to support the participation of community water systems and treatment works in the Water Information Sharing and Analysis Center. The program seeks to expand cooperation between the EPA and the Center regarding incident data and threat analysis. It also aims to enhance tools and resources for monitoring the water sector and protecting against various threats. Finally, the bill authorizes $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 and 2027 to carry out these actions.
Yes· 3 of 8
Does this better protect the country from computer attacks?+6
The bill explicitly focuses on protecting water infrastructure from cyber threats and malevolent acts.
Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?+5
The bill enhances the resilience and security of drinking water and wastewater systems.
Does this improve help for people hit by a disaster?+4
The bill enhances the preparedness of water systems to respond to and recover from natural hazards.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Cost Relief for Water Providers: The bill intends to offset costs for community water systems and treatment works that need to maintain or start membership in the Water Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Section 2(b)(2)).
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Improved Threat Response: The program aims to enhance the ability of community water systems and publicly owned treatment works to identify, protect against, detect, respond to, and recover from natural hazards or malevolent acts (Section 2(b)(4)(B)).
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Better Water Sector Monitoring: The bill seeks to enhance the tools and resources used for monitoring the status of the water sector (Section 2(b)(4)(A)).
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Enhanced Data Collection: The program will expand the coordination between the EPA and the Water Information Sharing and analysis Center for collecting and analyzing incident data related to water sector threats (Section 2(b)(3)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No negative impacts or burdens are explicitly mentioned in the provided text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Improves Environmental Protections+5Improves Disaster Relief And F E M A+4
- National Security And Foreign Policy
- Improves Cybersecurity Defense+6
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Business Owners+3
- Economy And Finance
- Improves Consumer Protection+3
- Education And Technology
- Increases Scientific Research Funding+3
- Governance And Ideology
- Increases Federal Power+2
- Healthcare
- Increases Research Funding+2
- 3/25/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Introduced in Senate
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