S 2103 Introduced – FY 2004 Intel Authorization

Review - Last week, Sen Warner (D,VA) introduced S 2103, the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. This annual, must-pass legislation, provides continuing authorization for the activities of the intelligence community. In the unclassified portions of this bill there are two cybersecurity related provisions (a workforce measure and an election security act) and one cybersecurity mention-in-passing.

Moving Forward

This bill is one of the must pass bills that Congress needs to deal with each year. Warner is the Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Committee will take up this legislation when they come back from their two week 4^th of July recess next month. I do not review this bill in enough detail (nor do I follow intelligence politics closely enough) to offer an opinion on the prospects for passage of this bill, nor the level of opposition to its many provisions. We will be better able to evaluate those matters when we see how the Committee votes on amendments their final recommendation on the bill.

 

For more details about the cybersecurity provisions of this bill, and a longer discussion about the recent politics of passing the intel authorization bill, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/s-2103-introduced - subscription required.