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House Passes Nine Homeland Security Bills

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, March 27th, 2017

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House Passes Nine Homeland Security Bills

The House last week approved nine bipartisan homeland security bills, including one that would establish a five-year term for the head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and five dealing with acquisition at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).The TSA Administrator Modernization Act of 2017 (H.R. 1309) introduced by Rep. John Katko (R-N.Y.) would authorize a five-year term for the administrator of TSA, which would assure leadership continuity in the case of a presidential transition. It would also provide for…

Congress

House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense

House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a blueprint for a third reconciliation bill that includes $60 billion for defense, a figure slightly below the Trump administration’s request to cover Iran war […]

Congress

Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]

Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) raised concerns at a hearing on Tuesday about the majority of funds in the $153 billion first reconciliation bill being unobligated thus […]

Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]