Committee Hearings – Week of 05-20-18

This week the House and Senate are trying to get things done before heading home for an extended Memorial Day weekend. The priority this week is continued work on ‘must pass’ legislation like spending bills and the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). We also have an IOT bill being marked up.

Spending Bills

• Tuesday – House – Full Committee - FY 2019 Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill;

• Tuesday – Senate – Subcommittee - FY2019 Agriculture Appropriations Bill;

• Tuesday – Senate – Subcommittee - Energy & Water Development Appropriations Bill; and

• Wednesday – House – Full Committee - FY 2019 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bill;

2019 NDAA

As I mentioned this weekend, the House Rules Committee will take up HR 5515 today and tomorrow in preparation for floor votes this week. There are lots (564) of amendments and many will be controversial.

On the Senate side we see the start of the markup process on an unpublished bill. This bill will also see a number of amendments on the floor next month. Then we will have the behind the scenes work of the conference committee to work out a final bill that will eventually get to the President.

• Tuesday – Senate – Subcommittee on Cybersecurity.  CLOSED;

• Tuesday – Senate – Subcommittee on Emerging Threats.  CLOSED;

• Wednesday – Senate – Full Committee. CLOSED; and

• Thursday – Senate – Full Committee. CLOSED

IOT Bill

The Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a mark-up hearing on Tuesday on an original (not yet introduced) bill, the State of Modern Application, Research, and Trends of (SMART) IoT Act. The bill would require the Department of Commerce to conduct a study on the state of the internet-connected devices industry.