118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 4387Cybersecurity in Agriculture Act of 2023

To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program providing for the establishment of Agriculture Cybersecurity Centers, and for other purposes.

Agriculture and food
Introduced Jun 27, 2023
Last action Aug 28, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Jun 27, 2023
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Referred
Aug 28, 2023
Agriculture
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Committee
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House floor
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Senate
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Resolve Changes
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill directs the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to establish an agriculture cybersecurity program. Under the program, NIFA must provide grants to or enter into cooperative agreements with eligible entities to establish a network of five Regional Agriculture Cybersecurity Centers to carry out research, development, and education on agriculture cybersecurity related to seed agriculture, horticulture, animal agriculture, and the agriculture supply chain. An eligible entity is a college or university that has programs in food and agriculture sciences and cybersecurity that coordinate regional industry partners, cooperatives, government authorities, and other stakeholders...

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 3 actions
Aug 28, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
Jun 27, 2023
Introduced in House
Jun 27, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.