Committee Hearings – Week of 8-1-21

With just the Senate in Washington this week (and looking forward to their Summer Recess), there is a limited number of hearings being held. Two markup hearings may be of interest here.

Spending Bill Markup

The full Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled to meet on Wednesday for a markup hearing on “FY 22 Energy and Water, Agriculture, and MilCon VA Appropriations Bills”. This is interesting since eight spending bills, including “Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies” (Title III) and “Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies” (Title I) were included in Division J of the substitute language for HR 3684.

Homeland Security Markup

On Wednesday the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hold a markup hearing for nine bills. These include

S 2305, the Cybersecurity Opportunity Act,

S 2439, DHS Industrial Control Systems Capabilities Enhancement Act of 2021,

S 2520, the State and Local Government Cybersecurity Act.

NOTE: S 2520 was just published, I plan on publishing my review on that bill tomorrow.