Bills Introduced – 06-03-19

Yesterday with both the House and Senate in session, there were 24 bills introduced. Three of those bills are likely to see additional coverage in this blog:

HR 3052 Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes. Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] 

HR 3055 Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes. Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15]

HR 3060 To provide for reform and reorganization of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes. Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] 

As usual, I will be watching the spending bills for cybersecurity language (particularly for industrial control systems) and chemical safety provisions.

HR 3060 may be interesting. I suspect that it will mainly deal with hurricane response issues, but I will but could include language making changes to grant programs and there is a remote chance that emergency response planning (both for chemical and cyber incidents) may be covered.