Review - HR 9027 Introduced – FY 2025 ARD Spending

Review - HR 9027 Introduced – FY 2025 ARD Spending

Last month, Rep Harris (R,MD) introduced HR 9027, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025. The House Appropriations Committee published their Report on the bill. The bill contains one cybersecurity related provision. The Report contains two cybersecurity related discussions. There are no chemical safety issues mentioned in either document.

Moving Forward

The Republican leadership failed to bring this bill to the floor before their early departure on the Summer Recess. There was never much chance that this bill would pass in the House because of its extremely partisan nature (see pages 234-6 of the Report for the Democrats concerns about the bill). The only question would be how many Nay votes would be cast by Republican moderates.

 

For more details about the cybersecurity provisions in the bill and discussions in the Report, and a longer ‘Moving Forward’ commentary, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/hr-9027-introduced - subscription required.