Bills Introduced – 12-9-25
Yesterday, with both the House and Senate in Washington, there were 77 bills introduced. Two of those bills may receive additional coverage in this blog:
HR 6507 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and certain other laws relating to certain preparedness, transit, and port security grant programs to improve oversight, transparency, and stakeholder engagement in the administration of such grant programs, and for other purposes. Kennedy, Timothy M. [Rep.-D-NY-26]
HR 6530 To require the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense to include training on artificial intelligence cybersecurity issues for members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. Larsen, Rick [Rep.-D-WA-2]
DHS Grant Programs
I can find no legislation in the 118th Congress that would be similar to HR 6507. The text of this bill is already available and it specifically covers transportation and port security grant programs, topics within the scope of coverage of this blog.
Cybersecurity
I can find no legislation in the 118th Congress that would be similar to HR 6530. I will be watching this bill for language and definitions that would specifically include cybersecurity of operational technology within the scope of coverage of HR 6530.
Space Geek
I would like to mention one bill under my limited Space Geek coverage in this blog:
S 3404 A bill to require a report on Federal support to the cybersecurity of commercial satellite systems, and for other purposes. Peters, Gary C. [Sen.-D-MI]
It looks like S 3404 will be similar to S 1425, the Satellite Cybersecurity Act, that was introduced by Peters in May 2023. The Senate Homeland Security Committee held a business meeting on May 17th, 2023, where this bill was considered. The bill was ordered favorably reported and the Committee Report was published on September 5th, 2023. No further action was taken in the Senate in the 118th Congress.