Bills Introduced – 5-3-23

Yesterday, with just the Senate in session, there were 33 bills introduced. Two of those bills may receive additional attention in this blog:

S 1416 A bill to provide guidance for and investment in the upgrade and modernization of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Weather Radio All Hazards Network, and for other purposes. Cantwell, Maria [Sen.-D-WA]

S 1425 A bill to require a report on Federal support to the cybersecurity of commercial satellite systems, and for other purposes. Peters, Gary C. [Sen.-D-MI]

I will be watching S 1416 for definitions and language that would include cybersecurity provisions within the scope of the new guidance.

I will be covering S 1425.

I would like to mention in passing four bills introduced by Sen Lummis (R,WY): S 1427, S1429, S1430, S1432, and S1433. All four of these bills have the same, identical description: “A bill to exempt certain entities from liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 with respect to releases of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and for other purposes.” 

While these could be four slightly different versions of the same bill to see what would be legislatively acceptable (a tactic frequently used with amendments for major bills), I suspect (cannot tell for sure until the actual text is published), that this is some sort of administrative glitch that saw the same bill recorded four times. In any case, I am not going to follow these bills, but I enjoy pointing out legislative oddities.