Bill Text: IL HR0345 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the federal government to consider the Illinois State Capitol Complex to be critical infrastructure.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-25 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly [HR0345 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0345-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The Department of Homeland Security considers the | ||||||
3 | following sectors to be critical infrastructure: (1) Chemical; | ||||||
4 | (2) Commercial Facilities; (3) Communications; (4) Critical | ||||||
5 | Manufacturing; (5) Dams; (6) Defense Industrial Base; (7) | ||||||
6 | Emergency Services; (8) Energy; (9) Financial Services; (10) | ||||||
7 | Food and Agriculture; (11) Government Facilities; (12) | ||||||
8 | Healthcare and Public Health; (13) Information Technology; | ||||||
9 | (14) Nuclear Reactors, Materials, and Waste; (15) | ||||||
10 | Sector-Specific Agencies; (16) Transportation Systems; and | ||||||
11 | (17) Water and Wastewater Systems; and
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12 | WHEREAS, The Presidential Policy Directive-21 (PPD-21), | ||||||
13 | "Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience" provides the | ||||||
14 | policy for how the federal government builds trusted | ||||||
15 | partnerships and "advances a national unity of effort to | ||||||
16 | strengthen and maintain secure, functioning, and resilient | ||||||
17 | critical infrastructure"; and
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18 | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has a strategic and vital | ||||||
19 | role in every one of the above listed critical infrastructure | ||||||
20 | sectors, along with being the fifth largest state per | ||||||
21 | population and home to the third largest city in the country; | ||||||
22 | Illinois has a global impact and is one of the economic engines | ||||||
23 | of the Midwest; and
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1 | WHEREAS, The Government Facilities Sector includes a wide | ||||||
2 | variety of buildings, located in the United States and | ||||||
3 | overseas, that are owned or leased by federal, State, local, | ||||||
4 | and tribal governments; many government facilities are open to | ||||||
5 | the public for business activities, commercial transactions, | ||||||
6 | and recreational activities while others that are not open to | ||||||
7 | the public contain highly sensitive information, materials, | ||||||
8 | processes, and equipment; these facilities include general-use | ||||||
9 | office buildings and special-use military installations, | ||||||
10 | embassies, courthouses, national laboratories, and structures | ||||||
11 | that may house critical equipment, systems, networks, and | ||||||
12 | functions; in addition to physical structures, the sector | ||||||
13 | includes cyber elements that contribute to the protection of | ||||||
14 | sector assets as well as individuals who perform essential | ||||||
15 | functions or possess tactical, operational, or strategic | ||||||
16 | knowledge; and
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17 | WHEREAS, The Old State Capitol located in downtown | ||||||
18 | Springfield is considered to be critical infrastructure; | ||||||
19 | therefore, be it
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20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
21 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
22 | urge the United States government, specifically the Department | ||||||
23 | of Homeland Security, to consider the Capitol Complex and its |
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1 | crown jewel, the State Capitol Building, as critical | ||||||
2 | infrastructure based upon the guidelines of the Government | ||||||
3 | Facilities Sector; and be it further
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4 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
5 | delivered to United States Senators Richard Durbin and Tammy | ||||||
6 | Duckworth, and the entire Illinois Congressional Delegation.
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