U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) announced this week that 16 of his key priorities have been included in the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
“I’m pleased to announce that several of my initiatives to further protect our homeland have been included in the FY 2023 defense bill currently under consideration,” Portman, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said. “At a time when our country faces significant security threats from around the world, these provisions will help to ensure our local, state, and federal government has every resource needed to detect and deter risks, whether they be from cyberattacks, terrorism, and violent extremism, or weapons of mass destruction.”
Portman initiatives in the FY 2023 NDAA include:
- The Global Catastrophic Risk Mitigation Act (S. 4488) ensures the government is better prepared for high-consequence events by establishing an interagency committee for risk assessment and preparation;
- The Invent Here, Make Here for Homeland Security Act (S. 4902) ensures products invented as a result of funding provided by the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T) are manufactured domestically;
- The CISA Technical Corrections and Improvements Act of 2021 (S. 2540) makes technical corrections and improvements to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) authorizing statute; and
- The Advancing American AI Innovation Act (S. 3175) strengthens rules for the federal government’s use of AI to ensure such systems are safe and improve the procurement of high-quality AI systems.