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Katko, Spanberger Introduce Bill To Identify Most Important Critical Infrastructure

Katko, Spanberger Introduce Bill To Identify Most Important Critical Infrastructure
Rep. John Katko (R-N.Y.), ranking member of the House Homeland Security Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Innovation Subcommittee.

A pair of Republican and Democratic legislators on Tuesday introduced a bill aimed at refining which critical infrastructure in the U.S. is most systemically important and requires stronger partnerships with the federal government to mitigate potential debilitating impacts to the economy if compromised by a cyber-attack. The Securing Systemically Important Critical Infrastructure (SICI) Act, introduced by Reps. John Katko (R-N.Y.) and Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.), would direct the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to establish an…

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