Committee Hearings – Week of 5-21-23

This week, with just the House in Washington, there is a full slate of hearings scheduled. In this space, an oversight hearing on the NTIA and a markup of the DHS spending bill are of potential interest.

NTIA Oversight

On Tuesday, the Communications and Technology Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on “Oversight and Reauthorization of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration”. No witness list is currently available, but it will almost certainly include the NTIA Director. The hearing notice lists 18 pieces of legislation (only two of which have been introduced to date) upon which the hearing will focus. Legislation of potential interest here (links to committee drafts) are:

HR___, the National Telecommunication and Information Administration Reauthorization Act

of 2023,

H Res___, To express the sense of Congress with respect to WHOIS information accessibility, and for other purposes,

HR___, the Digital Economy Cybersecurity Advisory Act of 2023, and

HR___, the Artificial Intelligence Accountability Act.

DHS Spending Bill

On Wednesday, the House Appropriations Committee will hold a markup hearing on “Fiscal Year 2024 Homeland Security and Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Bills”. No word is publicly available on what changes may have been made last week by the DHS Subcommittee to the Committee Draft.

On the Floor

The House has a fairly lite schedule this week, with nothing of particular note here. Interesting that there is not a note on the bottom of the schedule about a potential vote on a budget ceiling bill. With a June 1^st deadline for action, the House would need to complete action this week since they are not scheduled to be in Washington next week.