Bills Introduced – Week of 5-6-23

VACATION DELAYED

This week with both the House and Senate in Washington, 314 bills were introduced. Eight of those bills may receive additional attention in this blog:

HR 3147 To establish a defense industrial base advanced capabilities pilot program. Houlahan, Chrissy [Rep.-D-PA-6]

S 1493 A bill to amend title V of the Public Health Service Act to secure the suicide prevention lifeline from cybersecurity incidents, and for other purposes. Sinema, Kyrsten [Sen.-I-AZ] 

S 1500 A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require the Election Assistance Commission to provide for the conduct of penetration testing as part of the testing and certification of voting systems and to provide for the establishment of an Independent Security Testing and Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure Pilot Program for Election Systems. Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]

HR 3169 To require the inspection of certain foreign cranes before use at a United States port, and for other purposes. Gimenez, Carlos A. [Rep.-R-FL-28]

S 1526 A bill to amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to establish the Office of Policy Development and Cybersecurity, and for other purposes. Hickenlooper, John W. [Sen.-D-CO]

HR 3208 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training Program, and for other purposes. Jackson Lee, Sheila [Rep.-D-TX-18]

HR 3224 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to extend the authorization of the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. D'Esposito, Anthony [Rep.-R-NY-4]

S 1560 Rural Hospital Cybersecurity Enhancement Act Hawley, Josh [Sen.-R-MO]

I will be covering HR 3208, HR 3224, and S 1526.

I will be watching the remaining bills for language and definitions that specifically include control system or medical device cybersecurity requirements within the scope of the legislation.