HSGAC Advances FEMA Deputy Administrator Nominee, 18 Bills During Business Meeting

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Ranking Member Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and members of the committee advanced a nominee to be deputy administrator of FEMA and 18 bills during a committee business meeting Wednesday. All bills were passed by voice unless otherwise noted.

Nominations:

1. Nomination of Peter T. Gaynor to be Deputy Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Legislation:

1. S. 3405, Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2018;
• Johnson substitute amendment as modified
• McCaskill amendment 1 as modified
• McCaskill amendment 2 as modified
2. S. 3137, Reforming Government Act of 2018;
• Heitkamp amendment 1 as modified  
3. S. 3208, Federal Information Systems Safeguards Act of 2018;
• Johnson substitute amendment
4. S. 3487, Presidential Transition Enhancement Act of 2018;
• Johnson amendment 1
5. S. 3050, 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (21^st Century IDEA);
• Portman substitute amendment
6. S. 3484, Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency Act of 2018;
• Heitkamp amendment 1
7. S. 278, Support for Rapid Innovation Act of 2017;
• Daines substitute amendment
8. S. 3085, Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018;
• McCaskill-Lankford substitute as twice modified
9. S. 3437, Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program Act of 2018;
• Peters substitute amendment as modified
10. S. 3251, Federal Acquisition Savings Act of 2018;
11. S. 3309, DHS Cyber Incident Response Teams Act of 2018;
• Hassan substitute amendment as modified
12. S. 3191, Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018;
• Jones substitute amendment as modified
13. S. 594, National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium Act of 2017;
• Johnson substitute amendment
14. H.R. 50, Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2017 (passed 8-6);
• Enzi amendment 1
15. H.R. 2196, to amend title 5, United States Code, to allow whistleblowers to disclose information to certain recipients;
16. H.R. 1132, to amend title 5, United States Code, to appropriately limit employment in a career civil service position for political appointees and former political appointees, and for other purposes;
• Johnson substitute amendment
• Johnson amendment 2
17. H.R. 6439, Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program Authorization Act of 2018;
• Jones-Carper amendment as modified
18. H.R. 5206, Office of Biometric Identity Management Authorization of 2018;
• Harris amendment 1

Postal Naming Bills:

S. 3209, S. 3237, S. 3414, S. 3442, H.R. 606, H.R. 1209, H.R. 2979, H.R. 3230, H.R. 4407, H.R. 4890, H.R. 4913, H.R. 4946, H.R. 4960, H.R. 5349, H.R. 5504, H.R. 5737, H.R. 5784, H.R. 5868, H.R. 5935, H.R. 6116.

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