S. 2393 · 118th Congress
Food and Agriculture Industry Cybersecurity Support Act
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This bill requires the establishment of a clearinghouse for food and agriculture cyberspace resources and the development of related best practices recommendations.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jul 19, 2023
Food and Agriculture Industry Cyberspace Support Act
This bill requires the establishment of a clearinghouse for food and agriculture cyberspace resources and the development of related best practices recommendations.
Specifically, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) must establish a publicly available clearinghouse that contains current food and agriculture industry-focused cybersecurity resources.
Further, the NTIA must develop voluntary cybersecurity recommendations relating to the development, maintenance, and operation of the food and agriculture industry. The recommendations must be based on a consolidation of public and private sector best practices and be included in the NTIA clearinghouse. The recommendations must also include, to the greatest extent practicable, materials that address (1) risk-based, cybersecurity-informed engineering; (2) planning for retention or recovery of positive control of systems in the event of a cybersecurity incident; (3) protection against unauthorized access to critical functions of the industry; and (4) plans for how industry businesses should respond to ransomware attacks.
The Government Accountability Office must coordinate with specified federal agencies to conduct a study on actions the federal government has taken or may take to improve cybersecurity in the food and agriculture industry.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Food and Agriculture Industry Cybersecurity Support Act
Latest action (Jul 19, 2023): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Policy area: Agriculture and Food · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jul 19, 2023
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.