H.R. 3809 · 118th Congress

Cybersecurity for Rural Water Systems Act of 2023

Introduced on Jun 5, 2023 by Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1). 8 cosponsors, 5 of them from another party. Latest action (Jul 10, 2023): Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jun 5, 2023
Cosponsors
8
5 from the other party
Policy area
Agriculture and Food
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To include cybersecurity technical assistance in the national rural water and wastewater circuit rider program of Department of Agriculture.

Subjects

  • Computer security and identity theft
  • Computers and information technology
  • Rural conditions and development
  • Water resources funding
  • Water use and supply

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Jun 5, 2023). Public domain.

Cybersecurity for Rural Water Systems Act of 2023

This bill amends the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Circuit Rider Program to include cybersecurity technical assistance for rural water systems serving fewer than 10,000 people. Under the program, USDA provides technical assistance to rural water systems that are experiencing day-to-day operational, financial, or managerial issues.

Specifically, the program's cybersecurity technical assistance must (1) assess system efficacy in protecting against cyber threats; and (2) implement cybersecurity plans, procedures, and technologies to protect against cyber threats.

The bill also reauthorizes the Circuit Rider Program through FY2028.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Donald G. DavisD-NC-1Sponsor

Democrats · 3

Republicans · 5

Roll calls

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History

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  1. Jun 5, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Jun 5, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Jun 5, 2023 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
  4. Jul 10, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.

Committees

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. DRAGOS5 reports
    $30K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DRAGOS INCAI match · 99%
  2. National Rural Water Association5 reports
    $1.6M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NATIONAL RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION$23.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.