Bills Introduced – 7-19-23

Yesterday, with both the House and Senate in session, there were 80 bills introduced. Two of those bills will receive additional coverage in this blog:

S 2388 A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to establish a cybersecurity circuit rider program to provide cybersecurity-related technical assistance to certain entities that operate rural water or wastewater systems. Cortez Masto, Catherine [Sen.-D-NV]

S 2393 A bill to establish a food and agriculture cybersecurity clearinghouse in the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and for other purposes. Rounds, Mike [Sen.-R-SD] 

Mention in Passing

There were two bills introduced yesterday that I thought might be of interest to political watchers. Sen Ernst (R,IA) and Rep Miller-Meeks (R,IA) respectively introduced S 2373 and H 4744. Each is described as “A bill to establish a minimum temperature for thermostats at the headquarters of the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency.” Since the bills are limited to just these two agencies I suspect that this is a political statement rather than an honest attempt to reduce federal energy expenditures.