Review - S 2226 Introduced in Senate – FY 2024 NDAA

Last week Sen Reed (D,RI) introduced S 2226, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. This is the Senate version of the annual ‘must past’ defense authorization bill. The Senate Appropriations Committee published their report on the bill. Most cyber issues in the bill relate specifically to military missions, but there are cybersecurity provisions that may have wider impact, both in the bill and in the Report.

Moving Forward

The Senate is scheduled to begin consideration of the bill today. A large number of amendments have been proposed, but it is too early to determine which amendments will actually be considered in the Senate. I will be looking at those amendments in separate posts.

The House passed their version of the legislation (HR 2670) last week. This bill is substantially different from that version, and it will be further amended in the Senate this week (and possibly next). A conference committee will be formed to iron out the multiple differences between the two bills, producing a consensus version that hopefully could pass in both bodies sometime after the summer recess (and hopefully before the end of the calendar year).

 

For more details about the cybersecurity provisions in the bill, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/s-2226-introduced-in-senate - subscription required.