[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 212 (Friday, November 3, 2023)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 75451-75452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24482]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 212 / Friday, November 3, 2023 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 10660 of October 31, 2023

                
Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience 
                Month, 2023

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Throughout our history, America has been a can-do 
                country full of possibilities. Our people are models of 
                grit, drive, and determination, and when we properly 
                prepare ourselves, we can meet any challenge that comes 
                our way and ensure future generations thrive. This 
                Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month, 
                let us recommit to reinforcing our critical 
                infrastructure and remaining vigilant to threats that 
                undermine our collective security and economic 
                prosperity.

                That means protecting our investments from all hazards 
                and ensuring the infrastructure that American people 
                rely on every day is secure and resilient. Climate 
                change is making natural disasters more frequent, 
                ferocious, and costly, straining our highways, 
                railways, waterways, and energy systems. These 
                disruptions--whether a natural disaster, a pandemic, or 
                a cyberattack--exploit vulnerabilities in our supply 
                chains and make it more difficult to access critical 
                products when people need them. State and non-state 
                actors, such as criminals and violent extremists, 
                continue to target our power grids, pipelines, health 
                care systems, and water systems--threatening the 
                infrastructure that underpins our economy, public 
                health and safety, and national security. As President, 
                I am committed to building a better future for our 
                country by making America's critical infrastructure 
                more secure and addressing the threats and hazards that 
                place them at risk.

                Bolstering the Nation's infrastructure is a cornerstone 
                of my Investing in America agenda. With a combination 
                of funding from the American Rescue Plan, Bipartisan 
                Infrastructure Law, the Inflation Reduction Act, and 
                the CHIPS and Science Act, we are investing billions of 
                dollars to enhance the security of our infrastructure 
                by elevating roads and bridges above projected flood 
                zones, supporting community resilience programs, 
                reducing the strain put on our power grids, and so much 
                more. These investments will save lives, protect our 
                families, render a strong and innovative economy, 
                enhance our resilience to disasters, and provide peace 
                of mind to millions of Americans.

                We know that to protect our critical infrastructure we 
                must improve our cybersecurity. From the very beginning 
                of my Administration, we have worked tirelessly to 
                strengthen our Nation's cyber defenses. During my first 
                year in office, I issued an Executive Order on 
                Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity, a crucial step 
                toward defending against the increasingly malicious 
                cyber campaigns targeting our infrastructure. My 
                Bipartisan Infrastructure Law builds on this progress 
                by investing $1 billion to bolster cybersecurity for 
                State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments. I am 
                proud to have appointed senior cybersecurity officials 
                who are laser-focused on anticipating and responding to 
                cyber threats and ensuring that the Federal Government 
                leverages all of its resources to improve the 
                cybersecurity of the Nation's critical infrastructure. 
                These priorities have been catalyzed by my National 
                Cybersecurity Strategy released earlier this year, 
                which lays out our strategy to enhance the 
                cybersecurity and resilience of our Nation's critical 
                infrastructure and the American people.

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                While my Administration is investing to protect 
                America's critical infrastructure, we are also working 
                with our international partners to build sustainable, 
                resilient infrastructure around the globe. At the G20 
                Summit earlier this year, through the Partnership for 
                Global Infrastructure and Investment, I was proud to 
                unveil the launch of the landmark United States 
                partnership with the European Union to develop the 
                Trans-African Corridor. We are working with partners to 
                connect the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia 
                to regional and global trade markets through the Port 
                of Lobito in Angola, including by launching feasibility 
                studies for a new greenfield rail line expansion 
                between Zambia and Angola. This reliable and cost-
                effective corridor will increase efficiencies, secure 
                regional supply chains, enhance economic unity, 
                generate jobs, and decrease the carbon footprint in 
                both countries. We hope to pursue opportunities to 
                connect our initial investments across the continent to 
                Tanzania and, ultimately, the Indian Ocean. Through 
                quality infrastructure investments in key economic 
                corridors like these, we are creating a better future 
                filled with opportunity, dignity, and prosperity for 
                everyone.

                The United States is the only country in the world that 
                becomes stronger after every challenge we face. Time 
                and again, we have seen that when we work together, 
                nothing is beyond our capacity. This Critical 
                Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month, let us 
                come together in common cause to bolster our Nation's 
                critical infrastructure and create a more resilient 
                nation and economy for generations to come.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of 
                the United States of America, by virtue of the 
                authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws 
                of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 2023 
                as Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience 
                Month. I call upon the people of the United States to 
                recognize the importance of protecting our Nation's 
                infrastructure and to observe this month with 
                appropriate measures to enhance our national security 
                and resilience.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                thirty-first day of October, in the year of our Lord 
                two thousand twenty-three, and of the Independence of 
                the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                eighth.
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