HR 7266
Passed a chamber
Rewrites the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act's grant program for rural and municipal electric utility cybersecurity and authorizes $250,000,000 for fiscal years 2027 through 2031.
Official title: Rural and Municipal Utility Cybersecurity Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
27-JAN-2026
Referred
27-JAN-2026
Reported
30-APR-2026
On the calendar
30-APR-2026
Passed
29-JUN-2026
Senate
Received
13-JUL-2026
- Authorizes $250,000,000 for fiscal years 2027 through 2031 to carry out the program.
- Lets the Secretary award funding, grants, cooperative agreements, prizes, and technical assistance to eligible utilities, with priority for entities that have limited cybersecurity resources or own critical assets.
- Defines eligible entities to include rural electric cooperatives, municipally owned utilities, and investor-owned utilities that sell fewer than 4,000,000 megawatt hours of electricity per year.
- Treats information shared under the program as voluntarily shared and exempts it from the Freedom of Information Act and similar state, Tribal, and local open records laws.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Reported to House" (30-APR-2026); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 29-JUN-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Energy and Commerce Committee (House)
- Energy Subcommittee
- Energy and Natural Resources Committee (Senate)
Science, Technology, Communications
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