This week with both the House and Senate in session again,
there will be two hearings held that might be of specific interest to readers
of this blog; a hearing on the Coast Guard homeland security mission and a
markup of cybersecurity legislation.
Coast Guard
On Tuesday the Border and Maritime Security Subcommittee of
the House Homeland Security Committee will hold a
hearing on the “Future of the Homeland Security Missions of the Coast
Guard.” The only witness currently scheduled will be the Commandant, Admiral
Papp. MTSA issues may certainly be raised.
Cybersecurity
Legislation
On Wednesday, the House Homeland Security Committee will be
holding a markup
hearing of the Chairman’s cybersecurity bill, HR 3696. This is the bipartisan
National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2013
and it is looking increasingly like it may have a good chance of passage this
year. The Committee will consider substitute
language that I haven’t yet had a chance to review.
On the Floor
Not much happening in the House this week. HR 1791 is being
considered today. It is an emergency
response grant bill that will certainly pass with broad bipartisan support.
The Senate will be finishing up their consideration
of HR 2642, the Agriculture authorization bill.
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