[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 5, 2019)]
[Presidential Documents]
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Vol. 84
Tuesday,
No. 214
November 5, 2019
Part III
The President
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Proclamation 9956--Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience
Month, 2019
Proclamation 9957--National Adoption Month, 2019
Proclamation 9958--National American History and Founders Month, 2019
Proclamation 9959--National Entrepreneurship Month, 2019
Proclamation 9960--National Family Caregivers Month, 2019
Proclamation 9961--National Native American Heritage Month, 2019
Proclamation 9962--National Veterans and Military Families Month, 2019
Executive Order 13897--Improving Federal Contractor Operations by
Revoking Executive Order 13495
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 9956 of October 31, 2019
Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience
Month, 2019
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Our Nation's infrastructure is critical to supporting
our economy, national security, and way of life. We
live in an increasingly interconnected world, where our
infrastructure networks--from power grids to
communication platforms--take on an added degree of
importance in the day-to-day lives of every American.
During Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience
Month, we recognize that securing and enhancing the
resilience of our infrastructure plays an important
role in keeping our Nation safe and fueling our
economy. That is why my Administration is persistently
investing in resilient infrastructure systems and
networks that alleviate risks, thwart attacks, and
minimize disruptions to the productivity and well-being
of our citizens.
When our infrastructure is threatened, our physical and
economic security comes under duress as the systems
that provide us with essentials like food, clean water,
electricity, healthcare, and communication are placed
in jeopardy. America's infrastructure relies on an
interdependent environment in which cyber and physical
systems converge. A disruption in one area can quickly
impact multiple infrastructure sectors to create
disruptions across communities, States, and the Nation.
The threats we face today--human-made, technological,
and natural--are more complex and more diverse than at
any point in our history. Determined international
adversaries and malign actors continue to target
America's infrastructure networks, and severe weather
and natural disasters present frequent hazards.
In response to these threats, my Administration has
remained committed to strategic investments to secure
and enhance the resilience of our infrastructure. In
March, I issued an Executive Order on Coordinating
National Resilience to Electromagnetic Pulses, and my
Administration released the National Space Weather
Strategy and Action Plan. Together, these measures
enable us to anticipate and adapt to the risks posed by
electromagnetic threats while seeking to identify the
fundamental infrastructure systems, assets, and
networks that protect the American people, the
homeland, and the American way of life. These measures
also help us promote American prosperity, preserve
peace through strength, and advance American influence.
To guarantee our status as the world leader in securing
infrastructure and making it more resilient to
disruption, I signed legislation in 2018 creating the
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
within the Department of Homeland Security. Along with
other partners across governments and private industry,
CISA is leading the Federal effort to strengthen our
Nation's critical cyber and physical infrastructure and
bolster America's ability to construct secure,
resilient infrastructure systems for the future.
It is also imperative that foreign strategic
competitors do not gain access to our critical supply
chain. To fully protect our critical infrastructure, we
must secure the process of delivering products,
supplies, and materials from supplier to the
manufacturer to the customer. We cannot allow our
Nation's supply chain to be built and maintained with
components from foreign adversaries that may weaken our
ability to provide the functions and services upon
which Americans depend each day. In May, I issued
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an Executive Order on Securing the Information and
Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain to
address concerns about foreign adversaries creating and
exploiting vulnerabilities in our information
technology and communications networks. These networks
are critical to the effective operations of our
government and businesses. I encourage owners and
operators of those networks to take heightened measures
to protect every aspect of their organizations'
security and resiliency by maintaining business
continuity and emergency management plans, protecting
against cyberattacks and insider threats, and reducing
vulnerabilities due to natural disasters. Working
together, public and private owners and operators of
critical infrastructure must continue to take actions
to mitigate these threats.
Critical infrastructure owners and operators, local and
State governments, and the Federal Government all have
critical roles in reducing the risks to our Nation's
critical infrastructure. Owners and operators ensure
that critical infrastructure is properly run and
maintained, while local governments certify that
critical infrastructure is sited properly and built to
the latest codes and standards. As the States provide
oversight for operations, the Federal Government, in
turn, must provide support for all of these needs.
While Federal, State, and local governments are doing
everything within their power to protect our
infrastructure, today's threats also require
cooperation from partners in the private sector to
ensure maximum security and enhance our resilience.
Every American has a role to play in this endeavor,
whether it is through investing in technologies to make
our systems more resilient, making and exercising
preparedness plans, or simply remaining alert and
raising concerns to potential threats. This month, we
reaffirm our commitment to developing new strategies to
address the ever-present and increasingly complex
threats facing our Nation's infrastructure, and we pay
tribute to the men and women who work diligently to
safeguard the United States from any threat.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, 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 2019 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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
thirty-first day of October, in the year of our Lord
two thousand nineteen, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
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