### Question
Can you define what critical infrastructure means?


### Answer
**Critical infrastructure** is defined as the following in *23 U.S.C. § 119*:

> those facilities the incapacity or failure of which would have a debilitating impact on national or regional economic security, national or regional energy security, national or regional public health or safety, or any combination of those matters

#### Citation:
  - *23 U.S.C. § 119*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 1-FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS**

