MONDAY, APRIL 19, 2021
On Monday, the House will meet at 12:00 p.m. for Morning Hour debate and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business, with votes postponed until 6:30 p.m.
Suspensions (21 bills)
H.R. 473 – Trusted Traveler Reconsideration and Restoration Act of 2021 (Rep. Katko – Homeland Security)
H.R. 370 – Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Technical Corrections Act of 2021 (Rep. Watson Coleman – Homeland Security)
H.R. 367 – Homeland Security Acquisition Professional Career Program Act (Rep. Titus – Homeland Security)
H.R. 408 – Department of Homeland Security Mentor-Protégé Program Act of 2021 (Rep. McEachin – Homeland Security)
H.R. 397 – CBRN Intelligence and Information Sharing Act of 2021 (Rep. Gimenez – Homeland Security)
H.R. 396 – Transit Security Grant Program Flexibility Act (Rep. Garbarino – Homeland Security)
By Justin Katz
Rep. Michael McCaul on Thursday said the House next week will again vote on a bipartisan bill to establish a new Office of Cyber Issues at the State Department as well as an ambassador position for cyberspace.
“I believe that setting up an ambassador at large is very important so that we have international norms and standards when it comes to cyberspace,” McCaul said at an event hosted by the McCrary Institute of Auburn University.
The bill, the Cyber Diplomacy Act, which has been passed by the House in previous years, is backed by Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-Wisc.), Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) and Jim Langevin (D-R.I.), who also spoke at the McCrary event.
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Agencies involved in response also issued advisories on the hackers tactics while Microsoft offered federal customers free trials of an auditing tool.
The Biden administration assigned responsibility for a hacking campaign that used software from the firm SolarWinds to infiltrate nine federal agencies and 100 private-sector companies to Russia in conjunction with extensive sanctions on public- and private-sector Russian entities.
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On February 23, 2021, a bipartisan group of leading Congress members introduced the Cyber Diplomacy Act of 2021. Jim Langevin (D-RI), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee s Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Information Systems, and Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), the Republican lead on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, are top sponsors of the legislation.
The bill, which revives legislation introduced during the last two Congresses, establishes an Office of International Cyberspace Policy within the State Department. It also aims to promote American international leadership on cybersecurity, a primary goal of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, which Langevin co-chairs.
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