There were 22 bills introduced in the House and Senate
yesterday. Two of those may be of specific interest to readers of this blog:
HR 3038
To provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier
safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund, and
for other purposes. Rep. Ryan, Paul [R-WI-1]
HR 3039
To impose penalties on state-sponsors of cyberattacks, and for other purposes. Rep.
Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5]
The fact that the GPO has already published a copy of
HR 3038 indicates that this is on the fast track for consideration. This is
another short-term extension (thru December 18th) of the authorization
for various transportation programs. A quick review of the table of contents
does not reveal any specific chemical transportation safety or security
provisions.
It will be interesting to see what sorts of creative
penalties will be proposed by HR 3039 that would not rebound against NSA if
imposed by other countries that we are known to have ‘attacked’ by cyber means.
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