Thread by @CaptJaneway2017

The House is returning from August recess. The week starts Tues w/ votes on 10 bills re: homeland security, a motion to go to conference on defense appropriations bill, & to send a bill reducing or suspending more than 1,600 misc tariffs to Trump’s desk. 👇(all in thread below)👇

*Concurring in Senate Amendment to H.R. 4318: Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Act, as amended*
This bill would implement recommendations of the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (ITC) report to Congress which called for suspension or reduction of over 1,600 tariffs.

H.R. 6439: Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program Authorization Act of 2018
...would authorize Program w/in Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) to address/reduce national security threats before they reach the U.S. thru international sharing of biometric info

H.R. 6265: PreCheck is PreCheck Act of 2018, as amended
Bill would allow only travelers who are members of a trusted traveler program to use TSA PreCheck security screening lanes at Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints.

H.R. 6374: FIT Act, as amended
Official Title: "To require the Department of Homeland Security to streamline Federal contractor fitness determinations, and for other purposes."

H.R. 6459: TSA OPEN for Business Act * Official Title: "To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require a strategy to diversify the technology stakeholder marketplace regarding acquisition by the TSA of security screening technologies, and for other purposes."

H.R. 6430: Securing the Homeland Security Supply Chain Act of 2018
Official Title: "To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to implement certain requirements for information relating to supply chain risk, and for other purposes."

H.R. 6443: Advancing Cybersecurity Diagnostics and Mitigation Act, as amended
Official Title: "To amend HSA of 2002 to authorize Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a continuous diagnostics & mitigation program at Department of Homeland Security, & for other purposes."

H.R. 5869: Maritime Border Security Review Act
Official Title: "To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a maritime border threat analysis, and for other purposes."

H.R. 6438: DHS Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems Coordinator Act, as amended
Official Title: "To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in the Department of Homeland Security an Unmanned Aircraft Systems Coordinator, and for other purposes."

H.R. 6447: Department of Homeland Security Chief Data Officer Authorization Act, as amended
Official Title: "To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the position of Chief Data Officer of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes."

H.R. 6461: TSA National Deployment Force Act
Official Title: "To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish in the Transportation Security Administration a National Deployment Office, and for other purposes."

H.R. 6400: United States Ports of Entry Threat and Operational Review Act
Official Title: "To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a threat and operational analysis of ports of entry, and for other purposes."

Motion to go to Conference on H.R. 6157: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2019
Senate amended this bill to contain its $675 billion defense spending bill for FY2019 & its $181 billion appropriations package for the Depts of Education, Labor, & Health and Human Services.

Re: H.R. 6157: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2019 -- I will try to post a breakdown of the current bill's various provisions tomorrow (they are NUMEROUS)