Both the House and Senate will be in session this week. The
National Defense Authorization Act (NDA) for 2016 is big on both sides of the
Hill. The THUD (Transportation, Housing and Urban Development) spending bill is
also moving forward. There are also two other hearings of potential interest to
readers of this blog on drones and EMP.
Spending
The Senate Armed
Services Committee and various sub-committees
will be marking up their NDA (S 1118) all week. The text of that bill hasn’t
been released yet, so we will have to wait and see what the final bill looks
like, probably next week.
The House Rules Committee only has a general debate
scheduled for the House version of the NDA (HR 1735). That hearing is scheduled
for tomorrow evening. But the House is scheduled to take up
the bill later this week so a rule meeting will almost certainly be held on
Wednesday.
The House Appropriations Committee will markup the THUD bill on
Wednesday. It would not be surprising to see amendments concerning rail hazmat
issues.
Drones
The Oversight and Management Efficiency Subcommittee of the
House Homeland Security Committee will hold a markup
hearing on Wednesday. Five bills will be addressed, including HR
1646, the Homeland Security Drone Assessment and Analysis Act. This bill
has some serious bipartisan support and should move to the floor of the House
rather quickly.
EMP
The Interior and National Security Subcommittees of the
House Oversight and Governmental Reform Committee will be holding a hearing on
Wednesday looking at the threat of EMP events. No witness list is yet
available.
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