Review - S 4664 Introduced – FY 2023 CJS Spending

 Last month, Sen Shaheen (D,NH) introduced S 4664, the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023. The Senate Appropriations Committee has not reported on the bill. The bill contains the same two internal agency cybersecurity spending provisions found in HR 8256 that was reported in the House as well as the cyberthreat assessment requirements for medium- and high-impact information systems.

Moving Forward

HR 8256 was not rolled into the HR 8294 minibus that was passed in the House last month. It is unlikely that the House will take up HR 8256 before the end of the fiscal year. Since the House is constitutionally required to ‘initiate’ spending bills, the Senate is unlikely to try to take up S 4664 without a House approval of HR 8256. The Senate Appropriations Committee will use the language of this bill as the starting point for their negotiations with the House Appropriations Committee on the CJS Division of the end-of year spending bill.

 

For more details on the provisions of the bill, see my article at CFSN Detailed 

Review - HR 8256 Introduced – FY 2023 CJS Spending

Last week Rep Cartwright (D,PA) introduced HR 8256, the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023. The House Appropriations Committee completed their Report on the bill. There are two cybersecurity mentions beyond internal agency cybersecurity funding in the bill. There are four additional cybersecurity related mentions in the Report.

As one of the 12 primary spending bills, this bill is likely to make it to the floor of House where numerous amendments will be offered and many will be adopted. Then the bill will pass by a near party line vote. Then, as in years past, the bill will die of lack of attention in the Senate. Then around December, we will see some sort of omnibus spending bill passed. There will be some recognizable similarity of the CJS provisions of that bill to this one. More importantly, the conference report for that bill will incorporate the report for this bill.

For more details about the cybersecurity provisions of the bill, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/hr-8256-introduced - subscription required.

Bills Introduced – 6-30-22

Yesterday, with neither the House nor Senate in session, there were two bills introduced. Both will receive additional attention in this blog:

HR 8255 Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for other purposes. Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]

HR 8256 Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for other purposes. Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]