Review - HR 8998 Introduced – FY 2025 IER Spending

Earlier this month, Rep Simpson (R,ID) introduced HR 8898, the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies [IER] Appropriations Act, 2024. The House Appropriations Committee published their Report on the bill. There is no specific cybersecurity funding mentioned in the bill. The bill does contain reduced funding for the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) and one chemical safety funding restriction. The Report discusses one cybersecurity spending issue and several chemical safety initiatives.

Moving Forward

This very partisan spending bill is scheduled to be considered this week. There will be no Democrats voting to support this bill, so the leadership will need nearly every Republican vote to pass the bill. The question is, will the radical wing of the party think that the bill goes far enough to castrate the operations of the EPA. If their answer is no, this bill will not pass.

 

For more details about the provisions of this legislation, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/hr-8998-introduced - subscription required.