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Ensuring America’s Critical Infrastructure Act

USA117th CongressHR-9337| House 
| Updated: 11/18/2022
Ronny Jackson

Ronny Jackson

Republican Representative

Texas

Homeland Security Committee, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Ensuring America's Critical Infrastructure Act This bill expands the definition of critical infrastructure under the Critical Infrastructures Protection Act of 2001 in the USA PATRIOT Act. The term currently means systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, or national public health or safety. The bill includes certain sectors as part of the existing definition, including communications, dams, emergency services, energy, financial services, food and agriculture, healthcare, information technology, transportation systems, and water and wastewater systems.
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Timeline
Nov 17, 2022
Introduced in House
Nov 17, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Nov 18, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
  • November 17, 2022
    Introduced in House


  • November 17, 2022
    Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.


  • November 18, 2022
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.

Emergency Management

Ensuring America’s Critical Infrastructure Act

USA117th CongressHR-9337| House 
| Updated: 11/18/2022
Ensuring America's Critical Infrastructure Act This bill expands the definition of critical infrastructure under the Critical Infrastructures Protection Act of 2001 in the USA PATRIOT Act. The term currently means systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, or national public health or safety. The bill includes certain sectors as part of the existing definition, including communications, dams, emergency services, energy, financial services, food and agriculture, healthcare, information technology, transportation systems, and water and wastewater systems.
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Timeline
Nov 17, 2022
Introduced in House
Nov 17, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Nov 18, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
  • November 17, 2022
    Introduced in House


  • November 17, 2022
    Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.


  • November 18, 2022
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
Ronny Jackson

Ronny Jackson

Republican Representative

Texas

Homeland Security Committee, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee

Emergency Management

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted