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House Panel Advances Cyber, Border Security, DHS Acquisition Bills

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House Panel Advances Cyber, Border Security, DHS Acquisition Bills

The House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday morning quickly passed 10 bipartisan bills, including measures to bolster cyber security for state and local governments, to strengthen the Department of Homeland Security’s acquisition workforce, and to find and remediate illegal cross-border tunnels. The bills were advanced to the House floor en bloc by unanimous consent. The State and Local Cybersecurity Improvement Act (H.R. 5823) would create a grant program within DHS for states, localities, tribal and territorial governments to address cyber…

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