# 119-hr-7266: Rural and Municipal Utility Cybersecurity Act

119-hr-7266, Rural and Municipal Utility Cybersecurity Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1] (R-IA); status passed_house; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-7266
- Congress: 119
- Title: Rural and Municipal Utility Cybersecurity Act
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2026-01-27
- Sponsor: Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1] (R-IA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Reauthorizes and codifies the Rural and Municipal Utility Advanced Cybersecurity Grant and Technical Assistance Program.** It creates a federal program to fund and provide technical help so small, municipal, and rural electric utilities can better protect, detect, respond, and recover from cybersecurity threats. - Rural and municipal electric utilities, including investor-owned utilities that sell less than 4,000,000 megawatt hours per year, become eligible for grants, cooperative agreements, prizes, and technical assistance to deploy advanced cybersecurity technology. - Owners of assets critical to the reliability of the bulk-power system and defense-critical electric infrastructure receive funding priority to strengthen grid reliability and national security assets. - Information that utilities share with federal or state, Tribal, or local governments under the program is treated as voluntarily shared and exempt from FOIA and similar state or local disclosure laws. *Authorizes $250 million for fiscal years 2027 through 2031 to carry out the program, increasing federal spending over that period.*

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4] (D-VA), 2026-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1] (R-TN), 2026-01-30T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Cybersecurity help for local power utilities: mixed, high. If enacted, this would maintain a federal program to help rural and city-owned electric utilities improve cybersecurity. The Secretary would provide grants, prizes, and technical help, and would set rules and notify eligible utilities. Priority would go to utilities with few cybersecurity resources…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-5509: Safe Step Act
- 119-hr-4317: PBM Reform Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-7266 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7266)

## Related
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- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-5509: Safe Step Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5509)
- [119-hr-4317: PBM Reform Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4317)
- [119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3514)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7266 (as of 2026-09-21).