{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://carbajal.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1780", "President Biden Approves Bipartisan Effort led by Reps. Carbajal, Bacon, and Gallagher to Strengthen U.S. Nuclear Cybersecurity Standards", "2023-12-22", "2023", "2023-12", "Democrat", "House", "CA", "Salud O. Carbajal", "C001112", "carbajal.house.gov", "carbajal", "https://carbajal.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Today, President Joe Biden signed into law language championed by Congressmen Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Don Bacon (NE-02) and Mike Gallagher (WI-08) to strengthen the cybersecurity practices for the United States\u2019 nuclear weapons system.\n\nReports from the Government Accountability Office published in September 2022 and June 2023 found that the National Nuclear System Administration was delinquent in fully implementing federally-recommended cybersecurity practices.\n\nThe legislation first proposed earlier this year and approved today will set up a Cybersecurity Risk Inventory, Assessment, and Mitigation Working Group within the Department of Defense, requiring them to inventory nuclear systems at risk, and develop and implement a strategy for meeting the recommendations of the GAO report.\n\n\u201cThere are some causes that may not seem worth Congress\u2019 time at first glance. Closing gaps in the cybersecurity practices of our nation\u2019s nuclear systems is not one of them,\u201d said Rep. Carbajal. \u201cI am glad that this bipartisan proposal received bipartisan support throughout our push for its inclusion this year, and that President Biden has also recognized that our proposal is a straightforward pathway to ensuring we have no reason to doubt the security of our most dangerous weapon systems.\u201d\n\n\u201cOur nuclear forces are the backbone of our Nation\u2019s strategic deterrence,\u201d said Rep. Bacon. \u201cWe should put every effort into protecting our nuclear arsenal and be vigilant about cybersecurity risks. I thank Rep. Carbajal for leading this important amendment with me so that we can have confidence in the security of our nuclear weapons.\u201d\n\n\u201cA ready and resilient nuclear force is critical to American deterrence. I am proud to co-sponsor this bipartisan effort to ensure that the systems keeping our nuclear forces capable are cyber secure\u2014free from adversarial interference and prepared for action at all times,\u201d said Rep. Gallagher.\n\nThe Working Group would be required to brief the Congress within 120 days of the enactment of the proposed language, and submit a completed strategy to the Armed Services committees by April 1, 2025.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:14:16Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://carbajal.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1780"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.918513026088476, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}