Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
This bill directs EPA to create a program to increase participation in and strengthen the Water Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Water ISAC).
It authorizes EPA to offset membership costs for community water systems and treatment works, improve EPA–Water ISAC cooperation on incident data and threat analysis, and enhance Water ISAC tools for monitoring and preparedness against malevolent acts and natural hazards.
The bill authorizes $10 million per year for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, available until expended.
Content is narrow, technical, and low cost, which historically increases enactment odds—especially if included in appropriations or a broader infrastructure/security package.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill clearly defines a limited substantive program to bolster water-sector threat preparedness, assigns implementation responsibility to the EPA, and authorizes dedicated funding. It lacks detailed implementing mechanisms, eligibility criteria, oversight and reporting requirements, and operational detail needed to guide execution.
Adequacy of funding: liberals want more; conservatives find it unnecessary
Adequacy of funding: liberals want more; conservatives find it unnecessary
Likely supportive because the bill strengthens public water system resilience and coordination against threats.
It aligns with priorities for protecting public health and infrastructure, though funding is modest relative to needs.
Progressives may want stronger equity and climate adaptation language and more sustained funding.
Generally favorable as a targeted, modest federal effort to improve water security and coordination.
The program is narrowly scoped with limited budget, which reduces fiscal and political friction.
Centrists will watch implementation, duplication, and measurable outcomes.
Mixed to skeptical: supports protecting water infrastructure from threats, but wary of new federal spending and expanded EPA roles.
Concerns will focus on federal overreach, ongoing funding, and potential data privacy or regulatory consequences.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
Content is narrow, technical, and low cost, which historically increases enactment odds—especially if included in appropriations or a broader infrastructure/security package.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Adequacy of funding: liberals want more; conservatives find it unnecessary
Content is narrow, technical, and low cost, which historically increases enactment odds—especially if included in appropriations or a broad…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill clearly defines a limited substantive program to bolster water-sector threat preparedness, assigns implementation responsibility to the EPA, and authorizes dedicated…
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