Committee Hearings – Week of 7-11-21

This week the Senate is meeting in Washington and the House will be conducting remote hearings. We will see a number of markups of FY 2022 spending bills, two cybersecurity related markup hearings and two DHS oversight hearings.

Spending Bills

7-12-21 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies - Subcommittee

7-12-21 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies - Full Committee

7-12-21 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Subcommittee

7-13-21 Homeland and Defense - Subcommittee

7-16-21 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies, and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies – Full Committee

Cybersecurity Markups

On Wednesday the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hold a business meeting. They will consider 15 pieces of legislation including the following cybersecurity related bills.

• S 1917, K-12 Cybersecurity Act of 2021, and

• S 1324, Civilian Cyber Security Reserve Act,

On Wednesday the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a business meeting on a new bill, the Energy Infrastructure Act, to invest in the energy and outdoor infrastructure of the United States to deploy new and innovative technologies, update existing infrastructure to be reliable and resilient, and secure energy infrastructure against physical and cyber threats, and for other purposes. I will try to complete at least a brief review of that bill before the hearing.

DHS Oversight

On Thursday the House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing on “Securing the Homeland: Reforming DHS to Meet Today's Threats”. This hearing is related to the recent introduction of HR 4357. The witness list includes:

• Tom Warrick, Atlantic Council,

• Carrie Cordero, Center for a New American Security, and

• Katrina Mulligan, Center for American Progress

On Friday the  Emergency Preparedness, Response, & Recovery Subcommittee of the House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing on “Examining the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office”. The witness list includes:

• Gary Rasicot, DHS, and

• Christopher P. Currie, GAO