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APPROPRIATIONS/BUDGET NEWS
The Senate yesterday passed HR 266, the Paycheck Protection Program Increase Act of 2020, which some are referring to as Coronavirus funding 3.5. This legislation provides $484 billion, which includes $380 billion for small businesses, $75 billion for hospitals and $25 billion for disease testing. The House is expected to consider this legislation tomorrow, Thursday, April 23.
A summary of this legislation is attached.
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Division B of S.3548 provides additional funding to government agencies to handle requirements created by the coronavirus pandemic. Several agencies are receiving monies to handle expanded teleworking and IT improvements. Attached is a title by title summary of funding provided by Division B.
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Coronavirus Legislation Unemployment and Tax Language
The Senate has passed the Coronavirus legislation. It will be considered by the House on Friday. Attached is a summary of Title II, Division A, of this legislation which addresses the unemployment compensation issue and tax/monetary rebates. Division B address the appropriations portion of this legislation which will be provided later.
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The House of Representatives recently passed H.R. 4998, the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019. There is no comparable Senate bill at this time.
H.R. 4998 would require the FCC to develop and maintain a list of communications equipment and services that pose an unacceptable risk to national security and prohibit the use of Federal funds administered by the FCC to purchase, rent, lease, or otherwise obtain such equipment and services.
The legislation also establishes the Secure and Trusted Communications Reimbursement Program to assist small communications providers with the costs of removing prohibited equipment and services from their networks and replacing prohibited equipment with more secure communications equipment and services.
A summary of this legislation is provided.
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The House of Representatives recently passed The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Authorization Act of 2019. This legislation would codify the FedRAMP Program at the General Services Administration (GSA). It would authorize GSA to establish a government-wide program to provide a standardized approach to security assessment and authorization for cloud computing products and services. There is no Senate comparable bill at this time.
Background and Need for Legislation
The Office of Management and Budget established FedRAMP in December 2011 to provide joint authorizations and continuous security monitoring services for cloud services for all federal agencies. According to the FedRAMP Program Management Office (PMO), the “primary objective is to provide a re-usable security authorization model by which Agencies can obtain safe, secure cloud service technologies to help modernize Federal IT”.
By codifying the FedRAMP program at GSA, H.R. 3941 would continue this government-wide and standardized approach to security assessment and authorization for cloud computing products and services in order to help agencies modernize their information technology systems. The legislation would reduce duplication of security assessments and other obstacles to agency adoption of cloud products by establishing a “presumption of adequacy” for cloud technologies that have received FedRAMP certification. This presumption of adequacy means that the cloud service offering has met baseline security standards established by the program and should be considered approved for use across the federal government. The bill would also require GSA to work toward automating the FedRAMP process, which will lead to further standardization in security assessments and continuous monitoring of cloud services, increasing the efficiency for providers and agencies.
H.R. 3941 also requires FedRAMP to be more transparent. The bill requires the FedRAMP PMO and the JAB to develop and adopt metrics regarding the time and quality of security assessments used to issue FedRAMP authorizations. It also requires OMB to submit an annual report to Congress on the status, efficiency, and effectiveness of FedRAMP, including its progress towards meeting metrics consistently tracked over time and any progress made to automate FedRAMP processes.
The bill also establishes the Federal Secure Cloud Advisory Committee to ensure dialogue among GSA, agency cybersecurity and procurement officials, and industry for effective and ongoing coordination in acquisition and adoption of cloud products by the federal government. This committee will also provide a forum for industry to bring concerns to GSA and agencies in a public setting that fosters a collaborative problem-solving environment to continuously improve the program.
CBO Cost Estimate
H.R. 3941 would authorize the appropriation of $20 million annually for this program. Assuming appropriation of the specified and estimated amounts, CBO estimates that in total, implementing H.R. 3941 would cost $100 million over the 2020-2025 period, primarily to carry out the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program.
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APPROPRIATIONS/BUDGET NEWS
The Congress recently approved the FY 2020 Consolidated National Security Appropriations Bill. This legislation includes Division D – The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020.
The Homeland Security division provides $69.8 billion in discretionary funding, $2.2 billion above the President’s budget request and $6.4 billion above the FY 2019 enacted level. A summary of this legislation is attached. Some highlights:
1. The Office of Biometric Identity Management is provided $183.9M for IDENT/Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology.
2. Restores $13.8M of the $27.6M reduction in the budget request to EVUS.
3. Provides $20M for Port of Entry technology.
4. Provides $30M to enable the DHS CMO, in conjunction with CBP, ICE, and other operational components, to develop and establish interim and long-term electronic systems for recording and maintaining information related to the health of individuals in the Department’s custody.
5. Provides $122.3M for E-Verify.
6. Provides $43.5M for the Election Infrastructure Security Initiative.
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The House of Representatives will consider later today HR 1158, the FY20 Consolidated National Security Appropriations funding package. This package contains four individual spending bills, as follows:
1) Defense; 2) Commerce, Justice, Science; 3) Financial Services/General Government; and 4) Homeland Security.
Attached is a summary prepared by the Senate Committee on Appropriations for each of these bills.
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The House of Representatives is scheduled today to consider HR 1865, the FY20 Consolidated Domestic and International funding package. This package contains eight individual spending bills, as follows:
1) Agriculture; 2) Energy and Water; 3)Interior/Environment; 4) Labor-HHS-Education; 5) Legislative; 6) Military Construction/VA; 7) State/Foreign Operations; and 8) Transportation/HUD.
Attached is a summary prepared by the Senate Committee on Appropriations for each of these bills.
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