{"id":131050,"date":"2025-03-13T16:13:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T16:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alabama\/sen-britt-reintroduces-farm-and-food-cybersecurity-act\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T16:13:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T16:13:19","slug":"sen-britt-reintroduces-farm-and-food-cybersecurity-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=131050","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Britt reintroduces Farm and Food Cybersecurity Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>This week, U.S. Sens. Katie Britt, R-Ala., Tom Cotton, R-AR, and Elissa Slotkin, D-MI, reintroduced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britt.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Farm-and-Food-Cybersecurity-Act.pdf\">Farm and Food Cybersecurity Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This legislation would direct the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to \u201cperiodically assess cybersecurity threats to, and vulnerabilities in, the agriculture and food critical infrastructure sector\u201d and \u201cto provide recommendations to enhance their security and resilience.\u201d The bill also outlines plans for an annual \u201ccross-sector simulation exercise relating to a food-related emergency or disruption.\u201d One million dollars would be appropriated each year over a five year period to carry out these simulations.<\/p>\n<p>The Secretary of Agriculture would be responsible for reporting the findings from these various assessments to the Agriculture and Homeland Security Committees in both the House and Senate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will always fight to protect Alabama and America\u2019s agriculture industry. Food security is national security and recognizing that requires our farmland be protected from foreign adversaries, like China. It is absolutely imperative we work diligently to identify any cyber threats to America\u2019s agriculture communities that feed and clothe our state, nation, and world,\u201d\u00a0Britt said in an official press release.<\/p>\n<p>Senators Cotton and Slotkin echoed Britt\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerica\u2019s adversaries are seeking to gain any advantage they can against us\u2014including targeting critical industries like agriculture. Congress must work with the Department of Agriculture to identify and defeat these cybersecurity vulnerabilities. This legislation will ensure we are prepared to protect the supply chains our farmers and all Americans rely on,\u201d\u00a0said Sen. Cotton.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFood security is national security, and the Farm and Food Cybersecurity Act is a vital step toward safeguarding Michigan\u2019s agriculture and food sectors,\u201d\u00a0said\u00a0Senator\u00a0Slotkin.\u00a0\u201cCyber attacks threaten our food supply constantly, and we must ensure both government and private industries are prepared. This bipartisan bill will require the Department of Agriculture to work closely with our national security agencies to ensure that our adversaries, like China, can\u2019t threaten our ability to feed ourselves by ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>U.S. Rep. Brad Finstad, R-MN, also introduced companion legislation to the Farm and Food Cybersecurity Act in the U.S. House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p>Britt has been an outspoken proponent of limiting foreign involvement in American affairs \u2014 and in American agriculture in particular \u2014 since the beginning of the 119th Congress.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to\u00a0supporting\u00a0the\u00a0Farm and Food Cybersecurity Act, Britt also recently joined her Republican colleagues in the Senate to reintroduce the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britt.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/u-s-senators-katie-britt-tom-cotton-no-chinese-citizen-company-should-own-american-land\/\">Not One More Inch or Acre Act<\/a>. The legislation would effectively prevent Chinese individuals and businesses from owning American land.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Britt is also a co-sponsor of the Foreign Adversary Risk Management Act <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alreporter.com\/2025\/01\/23\/sens-tuberville-fetterman-reintroduce-bill-on-foreign-investment-in-american-agriculture\/\">introduced earlier this year<\/a> by U.S. Sens. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., and John Fetterman, D-PA. The FARM Act ostensibly looks to limit foreign investment in American farmland by adding the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, U.S. Sens. Katie Britt, R-Ala., Tom Cotton, R-AR, and Elissa Slotkin, D-MI, reintroduced the Farm and Food Cybersecurity Act. 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