Federal AI tools to protect power, water, and hospital systems
H.R. 10519 — To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, to establish a Critical Infrastructure AI Cyber Defense Pilot Program, and for other purposes. · Filed by Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) · 4 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 21, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells the Department of Homeland Security to start a 5-year program. It gives free or cheap AI security tools to owners of power grids, water systems, and hospitals. The program focuses on not-for-profit groups, public systems, rural areas, and small owners. DHS gets up to $100 million from 2027 to 2031 to buy AI systems. DHS must also help these owners use them. DHS must report to Congress each month on grants it awards.
Who it affects
People who use power, water, hospitals, and phones depend on these systems. Smaller, rural, and public systems that lack money for security would get free help. The bill helps not-for-profit and publicly owned owners, not private ones.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say which AI systems DHS will buy. It does not say from which sellers. The program ends after 5 years. Owners may not know if help will last after that.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
4 cosponsors: 2 Democrats, 2 Republicans.
- Sep 21, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 21, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Homeland Security · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (4,089 characters) on Sep 28, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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