Review - S 2393 Introduced – Ag Cyber Clearinghouse

Last month, Sen Rounds (R,SC) introduced S 2393, the Food and Agriculture Industry Cybersecurity Support Act. The bill would require National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to establish a food and agriculture cybersecurity clearinghouse which would include direct support by NTIA to the food and agriculture industry. No funding is authorized by this bill.

 This bill is very similar to HR 1219 [removed from paywall], which was introduced in March. No action has been taken on that bill.

Moving Forward

Neither Rounds, or his sole cosponsor {Sen Cortez-Maso (D,NV)} are members of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee to which this bill was assigned for consideration. This means that there will probably not be sufficient influence to see this bill considered in Committee. I see nothing in this bill that would engender any significant opposition to the legislation. I suspect that there would be some level of bipartisan support for the bill if it were taken up by the Committee.

 

For more information on the differences between this bill and HR 1219, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/s-2393-introduced - subscription required.