Review - Spring 2022 Unified Agenda – DHS

Yesterday, the Biden Administration published the Spring 2022 Unified Agenda. The Unified Agenda lays out the major regulatory measures that the Administration is considering taking action on over the next year. The listing of a rulemaking or the estimated action dates associated with a rulemaking are aspirational at best and no guarantee of agency action.

DHS Rulemakings

The DHS portion of the UA lists 96 rulemakings, eight of which will be covered here in this blog if/when any actions are taken on them. The table below shows those eight rulemakings.

OS	Final Rule	Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation: Safeguarding of Controlled Unclassified Information (HSAR Case 2015-001)	1601-AA76
OS	Proposed Rule	Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation: Information Technology Security Awareness Training (HSAR Case 2015-002)	1601-AA78
OS	Final Rule	Civil Monetary Penalty Adjustments For Inflation	1601-AB07
USCG	Proposed Rule	2021 Liquid Chemical Categorization Updates	1625-AC73
USCG	Proposed Rule	TWIC--Reader Requirements; Second Delay of Effective Date	1625-AC80
TSA	Proposed Rule	Vetting of Certain Surface Transportation Employees	1652-AA69
TSA	Proposed Rule	Surface Transportation Cybersecurity Measures	1652-AA74
CISA	Proposed Rule	Ammonium Nitrate Security Program	1670-AA00

Long Term Actions

There is a separate section of the Unified Agenda for rulemaking actions that are on the minds of agencies, but for which there is no current intention by those agencies to take action, the Long-Term Actions list. Rulemakings move back and forth between the Long-Term Actions list and the main Unified Agenda listing, sometimes without rhyme or reason. There are currently three rulemakings on the DHS list that would be covered here if the agencies were to act on those rulemakings.

DHS/OS	Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity Talent Management System	1601-AA84
DHS/TSA	Surface Transportation Vulnerability Assessments and Security Plans	1652-AA56
DHS/CISA	Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS)	1670-AA01

 

For more details about these rulemakings, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/spring-2022-unified-agenda-dhs - subscription required.