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HR 1219 118th Congress House Agriculture and Food

Food and Agriculture Industry Cybersecurity Support Act

Introduced: February 27, 2023 Introduced by: Pfluger, August Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Mar 22, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
Mar 10, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Feb 27, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 27, 2023
Introduced in House
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Food and Agriculture Industry Cybersecurity Support Act

This bill requires the establishment of a clearinghouse for food and agriculture cybersecurity 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 a study on actions the federal government has taken or may take to improve cybersecurity in the food and agriculture industry.

What's happening now March 22, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2393 Related bill Food and Agriculture Industry Cybersecurity Support Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Curtis, John R.
Utah · Feb 27, 2023
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Matsui, Doris O.
California · Feb 27, 2023
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Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Feb 27, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1219: Food and Agriculture Industry Cybersecurity Support Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1219/
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"H.R. 1219: Food and Agriculture Industry Cybersecurity Support Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1219/.
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H.R. 1219, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1219/.
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[H.R. 1219: Food and Agriculture Industry Cybersecurity Support Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1219/)
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