Committee Hearings – Week of 5-13-24

This week, with both the House and Senate in session, there is a relatively busy hearing schedule. FY 2025 budget hearings continue in the oversight committees. There is one markup hearing of note, a Chinese security risk hearing and UAS use hearing.

Budget Hearings

	House	Senate
EPA	EC Subcommittee
TSA	HS Subcommittee
NTIA	EC Subcommittee
DOD Acquisitions		APP Subcommittee

Note: There is a problem with the links to the Senate Appropriations Committee this morning.

Markup Hearing

On Wednesday, the House Oversight and Accountability Committee will hold a markup hearing to consider six bills and three postal naming bills. The one bill of specific interest here is:

HR 5255: "To require covered contractors implement a vulnerability disclosure policy consistent with NIST guidelines, and for other purposes."

Chinese Threat Hearing

On Wednesday the Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Subcommittee of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee will hold a hearing on “Red Alert: Countering the Cyberthreat from China”. The witness list includes:

• Charles Carmakal, Mandiant,

• William Evanina, Former Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center,

• Rob Joyce, Former Special Assistant to the President and White House Cyber Security Coordinator,

• Steven M. Kelly, Institute for Security and Technology

Expect some FUD pointing by committee members.

UAS Uses

On Thursday the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology, and the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence, both of the House Homeland Security Committee will hold a joint hearing on “Unmanned Aerial Systems: An Examination of the Use of Drones in Emergency Response”. No witness list is currently available.

Without a witness list it is hard to tell, but there is a possibility that UAS cybersecurity issues could be part of this topic.

On the Floor

The House will consider a relatively large number of bills on Tuesday (votes lasting through Wednesday) under their suspension of the rules process this week. Of interest here, this will include:

HR 4510 – NTIA Reauthorization Act of 2024, as amended,

HR 7659 – Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2024, as amended, and

Senate Amendment to HR 3935 – FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024.