Review - Committee Hearings – Week of 12-9-24

This week, possibly the next to last week of the 118^th Congress, with both the House and Senate in session, there is a fairly limited number of hearings on both sides of the Hill. Hearings include a look at drone defense and communications security. There are two bills of interest here that will be considered in the House under the suspension of the rules process. And we will probably see the House pass the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act.

Hearings

Drone Defense - On Tuesday, two subcommittees of the House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing on “Safeguarding the Homeland from Unmanned Aerial Systems”.

Communications Security - On Wednesday, the Subcommittee on Communications, Media and Broadband of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on “Communications Networks Safety and Security”.

Suspension of the Rules

HR 9769 [removed from paywall] – Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act, and

HR 9689 [removed from paywall] – DHS Cybersecurity Internship Program Act

NDAA

There is a note on the bottom of the House schedule: “Legislation related to the National Defense Authorization Act is expected.” This will be the amendment to the Senate amendment to HR 5009 that I briefly discussed last night.

 

For more information on these hearings, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/committee-hearings-week-of-12-9-24 - subscription required.

Bills Introduced – 11-12-20

Yesterday with the Senate in session and the House meeting in pro forma session, there were 34 bills introduced. One of those bills may see additional coverage in this blog:

S 4896 A bill to authorize certain Federal departments to enter into contracts to carry out existing authorities to protect United States facilities from unmanned aircraft. Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]