Last night the House Rules Committee adopted the rule for
the consideration of HR 1960, the FY 2014 DOD authorization bill. This rule (H.
Res. 256) only covers the initial debate; a separate Rules Committee hearing
this afternoon will consider what amendments will be debated and voted upon
before the bill is brought to an actual vote.
Adoption of this Resolution, probably today, will clear the
House for a 1 hour debate on the general merits of the bill. No amendments will
be offered and no votes will take place.
As I noted in an earlier blog there are several
cybersecurity related provisions included in the latest version of this bill.
None of them deal specifically with control systems or non-defense related
computer systems, but they may have an impact on future proposed cybersecurity
legislation. Due to the size of the defense related (government, contract and
vendor) computer system foot print these provisions could also influence how
vendors handle cybersecurity issues in general.
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