S 754 · in committee · significant
Farm and Food Cybersecurity Act of 2025
- technology
What this bill does
- The USDA must assess cybersecurity threats to agriculture and food systems every two years.
- Farmers, food processors, distributors, and related businesses are affected by these assessments.
- The USDA will conduct annual emergency simulation exercises with other federal agencies at no new cost specified.
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How would mandatory USDA cybersecurity assessments affect farming operations of different sizes, especially small farms with limited IT resources?
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What specific vulnerabilities in food supply chains does this bill aim to address, and what evidence suggests regular assessments will prevent actual attacks?
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Since the bill specifies no new funding for emergency exercises, how would federal agencies conduct realistic simulations without additional resources or staffing?
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Sponsor · R-AR
Tom Cotton
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Introduced 2025-02-26
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Legislative timeline
2025-02-26 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
2025-02-26 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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