House to Begin Consideration of HR 3684 – INVEST in America Act

The House is scheduled to begin consideration of HR 3684, the INVEST in America Act, today. Consideration will start with 90 minutes of general debate on the bill, followed by the offering of Amendments. The final vote on the bill will probably come tomorrow.

The rules for the consideration of this bill allow 149 of the amendments proposed for this bill to be offered on the floor. That includes only two of the amendments that I discussed on Sunday (subscription required):

33. Garamendi (CA) #2 Requires the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to enter into an agreement with National Academy of Sciences to study and report on the threats to pipeline safety due to seismicity (i.e. earthquakes and seismic-induced landslides or land subsidence, etc.) (10 minutes), and

94. Steil (WI), Auchincloss (MA), Houlahan (PA) #178 (REVISED) Directs the GAO to study and report to Congress the vulnerabilities that the United States transportation system has from ransomware and other cybersecurity threats. (10 minutes)

The rule does provide for en bloc consideration of amendments. I suspect that both of the amendments listed above will be considered as part of an en bloc vote. That will almost certainly ensure that there will be no actual discussion about the bills in the Congressional Record during the debate.