HR 2344 Cosponsor Added – Water ISAAC

Yesterday, Rep Figures (D,AL) was added as a sponsor for HR 2344, the Water ISAC Threat Protection Act. Figures is a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to which this bill was assigned for consideration. This means that there may now be enough influence to see the bill considered by the Committee. 

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. 

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. 

Review - Bills Introduced – 3-25-25

Yesterday, with both the House and Senate in session, there were 83 bills introduced. Two of those bills may receive additional coverage in this blog:

HR 2344 A bill to establish a program to increase drinking water and wastewater system threat preparedness and resilience, and for other purposes. Schakowsky, Janice D. [Rep.-D-IL-9]

S 1118 A bill to establish a program to increase drinking water and wastewater system threat preparedness and resilience, and for other purposes. Markey, Edward J. [Sen.-D-MA] 

Space Geek Bills

I said when the 119^th Congress started that I was going to try to provide coverage of space related legislation. Because of the prolific bill writing in this session I have fallen behind even the GPO in coverage of any legislation, so I will only be listing space related bills as they are being introduced and perhaps noting when action has been taken on such bills. One such bill was introduced yesterday:

HR 2313 To require the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to develop celestial time standardization to support future operations and infrastructure on and around the Moon and other celestial bodies other than Earth, and for other purposes. McClellan, Jennifer L. [Rep.-D-VA-4]

For more information on these bills, including legislative history for similar bills in the 118th, as well as an AI utilization bill mentioned in passing, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/bills-introduced-3-25-25 - subscription required.