This week the House and Senate will both be back in
Washington with spending bills high on the priority list for the month. There
is one cybersecurity hearing of potential interest this week.
Cybersecurity Hearing
On Thursday two subcommittees of the House Homeland Security
Committee will be holding a
hearing on “Understanding Cybersecurity Threats to America’s Aviation
Sector”. There is no witness list available at this time.
While aircraft cybersecurity is a very likely topic, I
expect that the main focus will be on cybersecurity for FAA systems, including
airspace management systems.
On the Floor
We have two bills that will be considered in the House this
week under their suspension of the rules process that may be of interest to
readers of this blog. Again, this process calls for limited debate, no floor
amendments and a super-majority to pass; generally speaking these are non-controversial
bills. The two bills of interest this week are:
• Today - HR
6438 – DHS Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems Coordinator Act;
There are two spending bills from the Senate that may see
some action this week. First is the motion to go to conference on HR
6157, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2019 and Democrat Motion to
Instruct Conferees; this is mainly a proforma vote, though there is a remote
(very remote) possibility that the House could accept the Senate amendments. That
vote is expected today. Next is the expected conference report on HR
5895 – Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and
Veterans Affairs. This vote will come possibly later this week or next.
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