Review - HR 4820 Introduced – FY 2024 THUD Spending

Back in July, Rep Cole (R,OK) introduced HR 4820, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies [THUD] Appropriations Act, 2024. The House Appropriations Committee published their Report on the Bill. While there are only limited mentions of the topics of cybersecurity, counter-UAS operations and chemical safety in the bill, there are more extensive discussions of those topics in the Report.

Before the House evicted the Speaker, the House Rules Committee called for proposed amendments for HR 4820 to be submitted by October 5^th, 2023. A meeting date had not yet been set before administrative chaos ensued.

Moving Forward

With the November 17^th deadline fast approaching, the House needs to move on these spending bills sooner than later. Of course, they need to resolve the Speaker issue before they can resume any legislative work. Unless that resolution includes some sort of power sharing arrangement between moderates in the two parties, the underlying problem that I discussed earlier this summer will remain in effect.

 

For more details about the provisions of the bill and the discussions in the Committee Report, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/hr-4820-introduced - subscription required.