Review – HR 2344 Introduced - Water ISAC Threat Protection Act

Last month Rep Schakowsky (D,IL) introduced HR 2344, the Water Intelligence, Security, and Cyber (Water ISAC) Threat Protection Act. The bill would require the EPA to carry out a program to support, and encourage participation in, the Water Information Sharing and Analysis Center (W-ISAC). The legislation would authorize $10-million for FY 2024 and FY 2025 to support this initiative.

This bill is very similar (with the exception of the bill’s short title) to HR 1367 that was introduced by Schakowsky in March 2023. No action was taken on that bill in the 118^th Congress.

Moving Forward

Schakowsky and her sole cosponsor, Rep Mullins (R,OK) are members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee to which the bill was assigned for secondary consideration. While this may provide sufficient influence to see the bill considered in that Committee, it will not provide sufficient influence to see the bill considered in the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to which this was assigned for primary consideration. In fact, the T&I chair may consider this bill an assault on that Committee’s oversight prerogatives, resulting in active opposition to the bill.

 

For more information on the provisions of the bill, including an expanded ‘Moving Forward’ section, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/hr-2344-introduced - subscription required.