Countermeasures
Eying ways to increase national safety alongside emissions reduction efforts, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) last week released details of a planned overhaul to pipeline leak detection and repair standards.
“We are proposing a long-overdue modernization of the way we identify... Read More »
U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) is urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to bolster Guatemalan government resources to address the anticipated migrant surge ahead of Title 42’s expiration.
Salazar has forwarded correspondence to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas regarding the... Read More »
As a way to extend the humanitarian outreach to Afghan nationals who arrived and worked in the United States under Operation Allies Welcome (OAW) will be able to re-parole beginning in June, utilizing online and paper filing to extend their right to live and work legally.
OAW was created in 2021... Read More »
Security and aerospace company Lockheed Martin has secured a U.S. Army Javelin Joint Venture (JJV) production contract for the Javelin weapon system and associated equipment and services.
Authorities indicated the indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) production contract possessed a... Read More »
As part of efforts to invest in America, made through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law of 2021 and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will invest $63 million in wildfire barriers, or fuel breaks, to slow wildfires and protect firefighters.
“For... Read More »
In a bid to improve Department of Homeland Security (DHS) detection and interdiction capabilities for illicit drugs and their precursor chemicals, U.S. Sens. Gary Peters (D-MI) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) reintroduced the Enhancing DHS Drug Seizures Act last week.
Although the legislation was... Read More »
The readiness of the U.S. military leaves some things to be desired, according to testimonies from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), which recently noted that each branch seems to be operating on its own playing field.
The Navy appears to be the worst off, with readiness having... Read More »
Justice Department officials have detailed the results of Operation SpecTor - described by authorities as a globally coordinated effort spanning three continents to disrupt dark web fentanyl and opioid trafficking.
“Operation SpecTor was a coordinated international law enforcement effort,... Read More »
A group of lawmakers recently introduced the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize funding for the nationwide law enforcement program.
U.S. Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX), Gary Peters (D-MI), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Thom Tillis... Read More »
Under the Servicemembers Mental Health Improvement Act (H.R. 3011) introduced this week, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) could be required to create a mental health task force to recommend a path of address for issues facing the U.S. military.
Between 2016 and 2020, the DoD reported... Read More »
Following up on a request for information (RFI) from U.S. Rep. Marionette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), in which she pushed for changes at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security delivered a proposal for a well-funded, appropriately authorized and... Read More »
U.S. Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) has joined colleagues to introduce the Department of Homeland Security Climate Change Research Act (H.R. 2924), which ensures the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is prepared to address climate change impacts.
U.S. Reps. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS),... Read More »
A group of lawmakers recently reintroduced legislation seeking to improve hazardous weather forecasting that includes tornadoes.
U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) recently joined seven colleagues in detailing the Tornado Observation Research Notification and Deployment to... Read More »
Citing recent polling that placed Republican and Democrat voters in support of strengthened border security policies and easier paths for immigration, the United States Chamber of Commerce and more than 430 business groups this week formed the LIBERTY Campaign to push for reform at the national... Read More »
A second attempt at legislation, introduced to the Senate last week, would compel the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to hire at least 600 additional officers per year until its staffing needs are filled.
The Securing America’s Ports of Entry Act was proposed by U.S. Sens. Gary... Read More »
A group of lawmakers recently introduced a measure that increases defense budget transparency and accountability.
U.S. Reps. Michael Burgess (R-TX), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), and Andy Biggs (R-AZ) have detailed the Audit the Pentagon Act of 2023 in the wake of the Pentagon failing... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has detailed actions the agency maintains will result in strengthening hypersonic and strategic systems supply chains.
The DoD indicated its Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy (OASD(IBP)), via its Office of Manufacturing... Read More »
The U.S. Army awarded a max of $4.79 billion production contract to Lockheed Martin for two full-rate production lots of GMLRS Unitary and Alternative Warhead rockets and associated equipment, along with integrated logistics support.
These rockets would be used by both the U.S. Army and its... Read More »
Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee achieved a major goal last week when they advanced the Border Reinforcement Act of 2023 (H.R. 2794) out of committee and to the House floor to revamp border security and stymie Biden administration changes.
“This legislation takes a targeted... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) recently announced seven awards stemming from an innovative technologies topic call will enhance software supply chain visibility tools.
S&T’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP) issued the... Read More »
Looking to loosen the grip of foreign nations on the pharmaceutical supply chain and favor domestic manufacturing instead, a dozen Republican representatives reintroduced the Manufacturing API, Drugs, and Excipients (MADE) in America Act last week.
“The success of United States supply chain... Read More »
U.S. Reps. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) and Eric Swalwell (D-CA) recently requested details regarding the new Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) program office goals.
Garbarino, chairman of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection, and Swalwell, ranking... Read More »
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Secretary General Juan Carlos Salazar recently briefed the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) regarding combating global civil aviation terrorist threats.
The ICAO is a United Nations agency that helps 193... Read More »
U.S. Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) is touting the benefits of recently introduced legislation he said seeks to offer wildland firefighter training to Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center students.
The Civilian Conservation Center Enhancement Act would create a pipeline for Montanans to enter into... Read More »
Worried about the growing illicit use of the animal tranquilizer Xylazine, also known as Tranq, a group of senators and representatives introduced the TRANQ Research Act of 2023 this week to mandate the creation of new tests for its detection and improve understanding overall.
In the Senate,... Read More »
In a move that may speed up processing, 36 credential authentication technology (CAT) units have now been deployed to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security checkpoints at Baltimore-Washington International (BWI)/Thurgood Marshall Airport.
At the least, it has increased... Read More »
Through an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) this week awarded an agreement worth up to $128 million to Idemia Identity and Security USA, LLC to create and maintain next-generation Credential Authentication Technology... Read More »
U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), current member and former chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, current Chairman Mark Green (R-TN), and GOP committee members introduced the Border Reinforcement Act of 2023, which seeks to bolster southern border security.
“As chairman... Read More »
After arrests were made in New York last week over an alleged illegal overseas police station, House Committee on Homeland Security chairs wrote to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for information on potential Chinese-operated stations nationwide.... Read More »
U.S. Sens. Todd Young (R-IN), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), and eight colleagues are espousing the benefits of reintroducing the Stop Fentanyl Border Crossings Act.
Specifically, the legislation adds drug smuggling as an additional basis for Title 42 immigration enforcement authority, preserving for... Read More »
A group of 41 Senators recently advocated for $500 million to be allocated to fully fund U.S.-Israel cooperative missile defense programs in the Defense Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2024.
The lawmakers have forwarded correspondence to Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman... Read More »
In its 2023 Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan, recently submitted to Congress, the United States Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) called for modernization, ongoing production of warheads and plutonium pits, and better nuclear security.
“The SSMP... Read More »
A new bill reintroduced to the Senate this week – the Combating Violent and Dangerous Crime Act – seeks to address what its Republican sponsors call ambiguity and conflicting application of existing mandates, strengthening violent crime laws in a number of areas.
Attacks on law enforcement,... Read More »
U.S. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Chris Deluzio (D-PA) are touting the recently introduced Assistance for Local Heroes During Train Crises Act, which seeks to aid those who respond to train derailments.
“Emergency personnel that respond to devastating accidents, including train... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Commerce recently recommended $562 million in funding for projects the agency maintains would aid communities and the economy with climate change resilience.
Authorities recently outlined 149 projects across 30 coastal states and territories in accordance with the... Read More »
