Review - S 4503 Introduced – FY 2023 Intel Authorization

Last month, Sen Warner (D,VA) introduced S 4503, the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023. The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence published their Report on the bill. There are two cybersecurity related provisions in the bill and no additional cybersecurity matters are discussed in the Committee Report.

Moving Forward

This is one of those ‘must pass’ legislative requirements. In recent years this has most often ended up being included as a Division within the final version of the National Defense Authorization Act or the end of year consolidated spending bill.

The House version of the bill (HR 8367) was also introduced last month, but the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has not yet published their report on that bill. There is no cybersecurity language in that version of the bill.

 

For more details about the bill, including a description of the cybersecurity related provisions, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/s-4503-introduced - subscription required.

Bills Introduced -7-12-22

Yesterday, with the House and Senate in Washington, there were 30 bills introduced, two of those bills will receive additional coverage in this blog:

S 4503 A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Intelligence Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes. Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] 

S 4510  A bill to protect clean air and public health by expanding fenceline and ambient air monitoring and access to air quality information for communities affected by air pollution, to require hazardous air pollutant monitoring at the fenceline of facilities whose emissions are linked to local health threats, to ensure the Environmental Protection Agency promulgates rules that require hazardous air pollutant data measurement and electronic submission at fencelines and stacks of industrial source categories, to expand and strengthen the national ambient air quality monitoring network, to deploy air sensors in communities affected by air pollution, and for other purposes. Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]