Review - HR 4365 Introduced – FY 2024 DOD Spending

Back in June, Rep Calvert (R,CA) introduced HR 4365, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024. The House Appropriations Committee published their Report on the bill. There are no cybersecurity references in the bill, but the Report includes a number of discussions about cybersecurity issues.

Moving Forward

See my July post on spending bill issues. If anything, the problems outlined in that post have actually gotten more complicated with additional posturing by the Republican 11, and ‘less extreme’ Republicans like Rep Greene (R,GA).

With two other spending bills (HR 4367 [removed from paywall] - DHS and HR 4665 - State Dept) on the meeting schedule for next week, and one already approved for floor action (HR 4368 [removed from paywall], Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies), we will be able to see what kind of chance these bills actually have of getting to the floor in the House and then passed (maybe). Senate action (bipartisan substitute language) will be less problematic, but then the political histrionics will be focused on the conference committees. If/then there will be a final vote in the House to watch for.

 

For more details about the provisions of the bill and the discussions in the Report, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/hr-4365-introduced - subscription required.