Review - S 4690 Introduced – FY 2025 ARD Spending

Last month, Sen Heinrich (D,NM) introduce S 4690, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies spending bill. The Senate Appropriations Committee published their Report for the legislation. The bill includes one cybersecurity mention, and the Report includes one cybersecurity discussion.

The House version of this bill is HR 9027. The House Appropriations Committee ordered the bill reported favorably, but no other action has been taken in the House.

Moving Forward

Because of constitutional issues, the Senate waits for the House to pass spending bills. When the bill is subsequently considered by the Senate, one of the first actions taken is the offering of an amendment in the form of a substitute which substitutes the language from the related Senate bill for the language of the House bill. From there, the Senate amends and votes on the revised Senate language.

Unfortunately, it looks like the House is not going to consider HR 9027 this year. That means that this bill is effectively dead-on arrival through no fault or design of the Senate.

 

For more information on the cybersecurity provision in the bill and in the report, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/s-4690-introduced - subscription required.