Yesterday, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Committee held a business
meeting looking at eight nominations, eleven postal naming bills, and
eleven other bills. Two of those ‘other bills’ dealt with cybersecurity issues:
S
3511, Satellite Cybersecurity Act, and
S
3904, Healthcare Cybersecurity Act of 2022.
Sen Peters (D,MI) offered substitute language for the S 3511.
That substitute language was subsequently modified and Sen Ossoff offered
another amendment that was also adopted.
Similar actions were taken with respect to S 3904. The substitute
language, subsequent modification, and new amendment were all proposed by Sen
Rosen (D,NV).
All of the above actions were approved by an en bloc voice
vote. Unfortunately, the Committee does not provide copies of substitute
language or amendments, so we have no way of knowing what changes were actually
made. We will have to wait for the Committee Report.
