Rules Committee to Meet on HR 3055 – The Second FY 2020 Minibus

Tomorrow the House Rules Committee will meet to formulate the rule for the consideration of HR 3055, the Second FY 2020 Minibus. The new version of HR 3055 will include language from HR 3055 (CSJ), HR 3164 (ARD), HR 3052 (IER), HR 2745 (MCVA), and HR 3163 (THUD). The meeting Tuesday and a second meeting on Wednesday will set the list of amendments that will be allowed to be considered on the floor. The HR 3055 web page currently lists 553 separate (and often duplicative) amendments that have been proposed.

The following amendments have caught my interest:

• Division A (CSJ), #108, Rep. Langevin (D,RI), Increases funding for CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service, the nation’s premiere cybersecurity workforce recruitment and curriculum development initiative by $7.35 million; the money coming from the NSF account for reimbursing DHS for security guard services.

• Division B (ARD), #55, Rep. Langevin, Increases funding for the FDA's Transform Medical Device Safety, Cybersecurity, Review, and Innovation initiative by $5 million in order to increase the FDA's capacity to protect consumers from cyber threats both pre- and post-market; the money coming from the account of the Office of the Chief Information Security Officer, US Department of Agriculture.

• Division E (THUD), #9, Rep. DeFazio (D,OR), Prohibits authorizing the transportation of liquefied natural gas by rail tank car and prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from using funds to authorize transportation of liquefied natural gas by rail tank car by issuance of a special permit or approval.

• Division E (THUD), #107, Rep. Maloney (D,NY), Decreases and then increases funding for Transportation Planning, Research, and Development by $1 million for the purposes of encouraging the Department of Transportation to research implementing connected vehicle and autonomous vehicle technologies at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings.