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Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital
Congress. The House and Senate are both in session this week. The Senate will continue confirming President Joe Biden’s nominees, and the House plans to vote on some appropriations bill as well as numerous other pieces of legislation from the Oversight and Reform, Natural Resources, and Veterans’ Affairs Committees. Hearings for the week include assessing the federal response to COVID-19, defending the electric grid against cyber attacks, enhancing voting rights, examining federal nutrition programs, discussing the role of controlled environment agriculture, and addressing NASA’s infrastructure needs. The House Armed Services Committee will also hold all of its subcommittee markups this week for the FY22 National Defense Authorization Act, but it will not hold its full committee markup until September.
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Brad D. Williams on July 27, 2021 at 3:04 PM
UPDATED: Adds comments from Rep. Jim Langevin.
WASHINGTON: The House Armed Services Subcommittee for Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Information Systems released its proposed Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act markup today.
The markup, which is the legislative process of amending the Defense Department’s proposed budget released in May, includes the following highlights:
Establishes pilot programs to accelerate moving science and technology initiatives from research to implementation to include improving the tech transfer process from small businesses to the military and requires identifying barriers to quicker adoption and scaling of innovative tech;
Leahy, speaking with reporters, confirmed that they had an agreement. In addition to emergency funding for the Capitol Police, it s also expected to reimburse the National Guard for $521 million, provide funding for security improvements around the Capitol and include an unrelated issue of visas for Afghans who aided the U.S. military effort. We re going to take care of the Capitol Police and fix some of the problems that need to be done here. Certainly, take care of the National Guard, Leahy said. Both sides had to compromise on some things, but I think we re in pretty good shape.
The deal’s details: The deal, which is expected to be just over $2 billion, will include $100 million for the Capitol Police and more than $300 million for the security measures around the Capitol complex, according to a source familiar with the agreement.