Presidential Documents

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Federal Register 

Vol. 89, No. 214 

Tuesday, November 5, 2024 

Title 3— 

The President 

Proclamation 10846 of October 31, 2024 

Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month, 2024 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

From the energy that powers our homes to the networks that connect us 

and the systems that protect our health and safety, our critical infrastructure 

keeps our economy thriving and our communities secure. This Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month, we recommit to strengthening our 

country’s critical infrastructure and building an America that is safe and 

secure for generations to come. 

This year, I signed a National Security Memorandum to secure and enhance 

the resilience of United States critical infrastructure—updating the policy 

for the first time in a decade. This represents the launch of a new era 

in protecting our infrastructure against all threats and hazards by safeguarding 

our strong and innovative economy and enhancing our collective resilience 

to disasters before they happen. But there is more to do. Climate change 

is making natural disasters more frequent, ferocious, and costly—endangering 

our supply chains, creating more instability for our communities, and straining the critical infrastructure Americans depend on for their livelihoods. 

And we need to stay vigilant against adversaries that seek to maliciously 

target our critical infrastructure, including through cyberattacks. 

To meet this moment, my Administration made a once-in-a-generation investment in our Nation’s infrastructure—creating an opportunity to build in 

resilience to all hazards upfront and by design. Through my American 

Rescue Plan, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Inflation Reduction Act, and 

CHIPS and Science Act, we are investing billions of dollars to secure and 

bolster our infrastructure. That includes improving our electric grid so that 

people can maintain power in any situation, elevating roads and bridges 

over possible flood zones, funding community resilience programs, and more. 

These investments have not only helped to protect Americans—they have 

benefited our economy, creating jobs and new possibilities for our communities. At the NATO summit this year, I announced an arrangement with 

Canada and Finland to collaborate on the production of polar icebreakers. 

The partnership will advance United States economic and national security 

interests by strengthening our shipbuilding and industrial capacity while 

simultaneously opening up new trade routes and pushing back against foreign 

aggression and bolstering our international alliances. This year, I also announced a United States Port Security Initiative to reverse our dependence 

on foreign manufactured port equipment. 

Ensuring our Nation is resilient in the face of threats also means working 

with other nations around the globe to build better, stronger, and more 

sustainable infrastructure. At the G7 Summit in June, I was proud to announce the historic progress we have made with our Partnership for Global 

Infrastructure and Investment. This initiative will strengthen United States 

national and economic security for Americans at home and enable sustainable 

economic growth for partner countries. To date, we have mobilized $60 

billion to create high-quality global infrastructure. That comes on top of 

our work with the European Union and African heads of state to develop 

the Lobito Corridor as well as our work with the Democratic Republic 

of the Congo and Zambia to expand regional and global trade markets 


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through the Port of Lobito in Angola. We continue to pursue opportunities 

to expand our investments across Africa and around the world, including 

the Indo-Pacific, Central Asia, the Middle East, and the Western Hemisphere. 

Investments like these create more shared opportunities, prosperity, and 

security for everyone. 

Across the Nation, America is writing the greatest comeback story we have 

ever known—people are putting shovels in the ground, founding new businesses, and creating hope for entire communities. It is more important 

now than ever before that we remain vigilant against any threats that seek 

to undermine our collective security and prosperity. 

During Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month, we recommit 

to safeguarding and strengthening our Nation’s critical infrastructure to save 

lives and allow our Nation to continue doing what it does best: creating 

new possibilities. 

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 2024 

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-four, and of the 

Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fortyninth. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25798 

Filed 11–4–24; 8:45 am] 

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