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119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7266 
To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to reauthorize the 
Rural and Municipal Utility Advanced Cybersecurity Grant and Technical 
Assistance Program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 27, 2026 
Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS (for herself and Ms. MCCLELLAN) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to 
reauthorize the Rural and Municipal Utility Advanced 
Cybersecurity Grant and Technical Assistance Program, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rural and Municipal 
Utility Cybersecurity Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. RURAL AND MUNICIPAL UTILITY ADVANCED CY-
BERSECURITY GRANT AND TECHNICAL AS-
SISTANCE PROGRAM. 
Section 40124 of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (42 U.S.C. 18723) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 40124. RURAL AND MUNICIPAL UTILITY ADVANCED 
CYBERSECURITY GRANT AND TECHNICAL AS-
SISTANCE PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) 
ADVANCED
CYBERSECURITY
TECH-
NOLOGY.—The term ‘advanced cybersecurity tech-
nology’ means any technology, operational capability, 
or service, including computer hardware, software, 
or a related asset, that enhances the security posture 
of electric utilities through improvements in the abil-
ity to protect against, detect, respond to, or recover 
from a cybersecurity threat. 
‘‘(2) BULK-POWER SYSTEM.—The term ‘bulk- 
power system’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 215(a) of the Federal Power Act. 
‘‘(3) CYBERSECURITY THREAT.—The term ‘cy-
bersecurity threat’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 2200 of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002. 
‘‘(4) DEFENSE
CRITICAL
ELECTRIC
INFRA-
STRUCTURE.—The term ‘defense critical electric in-
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frastructure’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 215A(a) of the Federal Power Act. 
‘‘(5) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means— 
‘‘(A) a rural electric cooperative; 
‘‘(B) an electric utility owned by a political 
subdivision of a State, such as a municipally 
owned electric utility; 
‘‘(C) an electric utility owned by any agen-
cy, authority, corporation, or instrumentality of 
1 or more political subdivisions of a State; 
‘‘(D) a not-for-profit entity that is in a 
partnership with not fewer than 6 entities de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C); and 
‘‘(E) an investor-owned electric utility that 
sells less than 4,000,000 megawatt hours of 
electricity per year. 
‘‘(6) PROGRAM.—The term ‘Program’ means 
the Rural and Municipal Utility Advanced Cyberse-
curity Grant and Technical Assistance Program es-
tablished under subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall main-
tain a program, to be known as the Rural and Municipal 
Utility Advanced Cybersecurity Grant and Technical As-
sistance Program, to provide technical assistance and 
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sistance or award funding, including grants, co-
operative agreements, and prizes; and 
‘‘(D) shall establish a process to ensure, to 
the extent practicable, that all eligible entities 
are informed about opportunities to receive 
technical 
assistance 
or 
funding, 
including 
grants, cooperative agreements, and prizes. 
‘‘(2) PRIORITY FOR FUNDING AND TECHNICAL 
ASSISTANCE.—In providing technical assistance and 
awarding funding, including grants, cooperative 
agreements, and prizes, under the Program, the Sec-
retary shall give priority to an eligible entity that, as 
determined by the Secretary— 
‘‘(A) has limited cybersecurity resources; 
‘‘(B) owns assets critical to the reliability 
of the bulk-power system; or 
‘‘(C) owns or operates defense critical elec-
tric infrastructure. 
‘‘(e) PROTECTION
OF INFORMATION.—Information 
shared by or with the Federal Government or a State, 
Tribal, or local government under the Program shall be 
deemed voluntarily shared information and exempt from 
disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United States Code 
(commonly known as the Freedom of Information Act), 
or any provision of any State, Tribal, or local freedom of 
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information law, open government law, open meetings law, 
open records law, sunshine law, or similar law requiring 
the disclosure of information or records. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this section $250,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 
2026 through 2030.’’. 
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