Review – Bills Introduced – 6-4-26

Yesterday, with both the House and Senate in session (but leaving for an early weekend), there were 52 bills introduced. One of those bills may receive additional coverage here: 

S 4686 A bill to establish a commission on robotics, and for other purposes. McCormick, David [Sen.-R-PA] 

I can find no bills in the 118th Congress that would be similar to S 4686. There is, however, a House bill from this session (HR 7334, the National Commission on Robotic Act) that would appear to be similar. I am not covering HR 7334 because there is no language in the bill that addresses robotic cybersecurity issues. I will be watching S 4686 for language or definitions that would specifically address such issues. 

Space Geek Legislation  

I would like to mention one bill under my limited Space Geek coverage in this blog: 

S 4693 A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to carry out an operational pilot program under the Hybrid Space Architecture initiative to evaluate the use of commercially available orbital data center services and space-based cloud computing capabilities relevant to national security space and joint mission requirements, and for other purposes. Cruz, Ted [Sen.-R-TX]   

For more information on these bills, including legislative history for similar bills in the 118th Congress, as well as a mention in passing of a bill to replace high-tech weapons consumed in Iran War, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/bills-introduced-6-4-26 - subscription required.