Review - HR 4394 Introduced – FY 2024 EWD Spending

Late last month, Rep Fleischmann introduced HR 4394, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024. The House Appropriations Committee published their Report on the bill. The bill only contains one cybersecurity mention, but the report discusses multiple cybersecurity issues as well as some unique chemical processing issues.

Moving Forward

See my blog post “Coming FY 2024 Spending Bill Logjams” for a discussion about the potential for spending bills (including this one) to move forward. Of special interest here is the fact that the spending levels for DOE’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response in this bill are the same as those provided in the final FY 2023 bill. While this is a $45 million decrease from the Administration’s budget request, it is not a spending decrease as envisioned by fiscal conservatives.

 

For more details about the cybersecurity provisions within the bill and report see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/hr-4394-introduced - subscription required. 

Review - HR 8255 Introduced – FY 2023 EWD Spending

Last week, Rep Kaptur (D,OH) introduced HR 8255, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023. The House Appropriations Committee published their Report on the bill. The bill contains only one cybersecurity mention; the funding for DOE’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER). There are a number of cybersecurity discussions directed at CESER in the Report.

Moving Forward

Again as with the earlier spending bills that I have discussed this month, this spending bill is likely to be taken up by the House before their summer break (currently scheduled to start August 1^st). There will be a large number of amendments submitted and many will be adopted on the floor. The bill will almost certainly pass on a near party-line vote. And it will not be taken up by the Senate. Again, when the FY 2023 spending bill is finally passed in December, the conference report will make this report applicable to that bill.

 

For more details about the spending and CESER directives in the bill, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/hr-8255-introduced - subscription required.