Today the House finished up three days of debates and votes
on HR 5326, the spending bill for Commerce, Justice, Science and related
agencies. The final vote
on the bill was 247-163 on a very nearly party-line vote (8 Republican
defections and 23 Democrats).
A large number of amendments were considered during the
first two days of the floor debate. Most took the form of adding and
subtracting funding for various programs (each increase had to be offset by a
corresponding decrease in some other program). Others added sections to the
General Provisions title of the bill that prohibit funds being spent on a pet
target of the author.
I could find nothing in any of the amendments that would have
any specific effect on cybersecurity efforts so we are left with the increased
funding for FBI cybersecurity efforts that I noted in an earlier
blog post. I guess that we should be satisfied with that.
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