H.R. 7266 · 119th Congress · pending

Rural and Municipal Utility Cybersecurity Act

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Latest official action 2026-07-13 · Referred

The bill, briefly

Rural and Municipal Utility Cybersecurity Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 a program that provides cybersecurity-related assistance and funding to rural electric cooperatives and municipal or small, investor-owned electric utilities. The bill also revises methods of awarding support and expands protections for information shared under the program. This program, known as the Rural and Municipal Advanced Cybersecurity Grant and Technical Assistance Program, is administered by the Department of Energy (DOE). Current law requires DOE to provide technical assistance and funding under the program on a competitive basis; under the bill, assistance and funding may be provided on a competitive or noncompetitive basis. Current law also requires DOE to prioritize providing technical assistance and funding to certain entities, including entities that own defense critical electric infrastructure . The bill specifies that DOE must also prioritize entities that operate such infrastructure. (Defense critical electric infrastructure is electric infrastructure that (1) is located in the contiguous United States, and (2) serves a designated critical defense facility but is not owned or operated by the owner or operator of the critical facility.) Finally, the bill expands an existing protection against disclosure to cover all information shared under the program by or with the federal gov…

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Congressional Research Service · 2026-04-30

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Politicians behind the bill

Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.

Sponsor

Mariannette Miller-Meeks

House · IA District 1 · Republican

$2,222,989PAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

Jennifer L. McClellan

House · VA District 4 · Democratic

$698,956PAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

Diana Harshbarger

House · TN District 1 · Republican

$721,494PAC receipts · 2025–2026

2 of 2 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.

PAC donors to the listed sponsors

These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATION PAC$25,000

Mariannette Miller-Meeks · Sponsor · $7,500

Jennifer L. McClellan · Cosponsor · $7,500

Diana Harshbarger · Cosponsor · $10,000