Review - HR 4550 Introduced – FY 2022 THUD Spending

Last week, Rep Price (D,NC) introduced the committee marked-up version of HR 4550, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022. The Committee Report on the bill is also available. The bill includes one pipeline provision of note and one industrial control system provision. Additional information and guidance is provided in the Report on automated vehicles, aviation safety, rail cybersecurity, and LNG by rail.

This bill is being rolled into the first FY 2022 minibus, HR 4502 as Division G. The House Rules Committee will be meeting tomorrow to formulate the Rule on that minibus, which will be considered on the floor of the House this coming week. There have been 78 amendments suggested for Division G, none of which are of particular interest here. The combined bill (because of the lack of the Hyde Amendment – abortion funding restrictions) will probably pass on a party-line vote. There is a chance that a Hyde Amendment provision will be added in a floor vote, that would probably increase the chances of this bill passing.

For more details about the bill and report, including discussions about the automated vehicles, aviation safety, rail cybersecurity, and LNG by rail, see my article on CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/hr-4550-introduced - subscription required

Bills Introduced – 7-20-21

Yesterday, with both the House and Senate in Washington, there were 73 bills introduced. Three of those bills may receive additional coverage in this blog:

HR 4549 Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes. Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]

HR 4550 Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes. Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]

HR 4551 To amend the U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006 to provide for reporting with respect to cross-border complaints involving ransomware or other cyber-related attacks, and for other purposes. Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]

I will be following the two spending bills (as is normal here). GPO has published the text of the bills, but I am waiting on the publication of the Committee Reports before I review these two bills. As I mentioned the other day, both of these bills are currently slated to be combined in the first mini-bus next week.

I will be watching HR 4551 for language and definitions that would tend to include industrial control systems within the coverage of the legislation.