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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…

Army

Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter asking the Pentagon for a briefing on the potential industrial base impacts as a result of the Army’s planned cuts […]

Congress

CENTCOM Looking To Lessons Learned From Use Of LUCAS Drones

U.S Central Command (CENTCOM) is looking to lessons learned from its use of Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones by Phoenix-based SpektreWorks, according to CENTCOM head Adm. Brad Cooper. […]

Army

Hegseth Says DoD Open To Reviewing Army’s Planned Cuts To Legacy Helicopter Procurement

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told lawmakers the Pentagon is open to reviewing the Army’s planned procurement cuts to its legacy manned aviation fleet. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), ranking member […]

Congress

Appropriators Press For Details On Iran War Costs; DoD’s $29B Estimate Doesn’t Include Base Damage

The Pentagon estimates the U.S.’ ongoing conflict with Iran has now cost at least $29 billion, while a lead official noted the updated figure does not factor in damage to […]