Bills Introduced – 3-17-22

Yesterday, with the House and Senate both in session (and the Senate preparing to leave for the weekend), there were 73 bills introduced. Four of those bills may receive additional coverage in this blog:

HR 7138 To establish procedures to include certain foreign persons that pose a threat to the security of supply chains of Internet of Things devices on the Department of Commerce's Entity List, and for other purposes. Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-CA-8]

S 3859 A bill to control the export of electronic waste in order to ensure that such waste does not become the source of counterfeit goods that may reenter military and civilian electronics supply chains in the United States, and for other purposes. Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]

S 3863 A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to obtain an independent cybersecurity assessment of information systems of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]

S 3875 A bill to require the President to develop and maintain products that show the risk of natural hazards across the United States, and for other purposes. Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] 

HR 7138 will be covered in this blog.

I probably will not be covering S 3859, but there just may be something here worth looking at.

I am not really interested in VA cybersecurity (other than personally, since they maintain information on me), so S 3863 will probably not be covered here, but it raises an interesting mode of cybersecurity regulation that could be used to get around the resistance of many folks to regulations.

I will be watching S 3875 for language and definitions that would include chemical manufacturing facilities and transportation systems in the items that could be at risk of natural hazards.