A bill to establish a rural area digital infrastructure technology grant program, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3967 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3967 To establish a rural area digital infrastructure technology grant program, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 3, 2026 Mr. Boozman (for himself and Mr. Kelly) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish a rural area digital infrastructure technology grant program, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Futureproofing Local Operations for Water Systems Act of 2026'' or the ``FLOWS Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. RURAL AREA DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY GRANT PROGRAM. (a) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. (2) Digital infrastructure technology.--The term ``digital infrastructure technology'' means information technology or operational technology that utilizes-- (A) remote sensing, flow or pressure monitoring, real-time monitoring, management, analytics, data, or acoustic data collection tools and technologies that may detect or reduce water loss, identify damaged or nonfunctioning infrastructure, or improve the efficiency of the operations and asset condition assessment of a public water system or treatment works; (B) industrial control systems, including supervisory control and data acquisition technology; (C) artificial or embedded intelligence, or other intelligent optimization tools; and (D) hydraulic analysis, digital design software, and advanced digital design and construction management tools or so