The Weekly Hill Update – September 12, 2022 – Government Contracts, Procurement & PPP

Below is this week’s congressional update by
BakerHostetler’s Federal Policy team. We’ll continue to
post in weeks when both chambers of Congress are in session.

HEADLINES

• Congress is back from its summer recess to take up must-pass
  legislation before the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30, most
  importantly a continuing resolution to fund the government.




• The funding extension is bogged down by disagreements between
  the parties over funding levels and COVID relief, as well as
  Democratic infighting over environmental permitting
  provisions.




• Congressional leaders also are hoping to pass same-sex marriage
  legislation this month.

HOUSE

• The House returns with floor votes scheduled tomorrow through Thursday,
  focusing on government reform legislation.




• The Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday will hold a hearing on U.S.-Taiwan trade.




• The Homeland Security Cybersecurity Subcommittee will hold a hearing Thursday on industrial security.




• The full hearing schedule can be found here.

SENATE

• The Senate will continue votes on President Joe Biden’s judicial
  nominees.




• The Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will hold a
  hearing Wednesday on monkeypox with leaders of
  federal health agencies.




• The Senate Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing on social media’s impact on
  homeland security with executives from Meta, Twitter, TikTok, and
  YouTube.




• The current list of committee meetings can be found here.

WHITE HOUSE

• Biden today will speak regarding his Cancer Moonshot initiative
  at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, on the 60th
  anniversary of Kennedy’s moonshot speech at Rice
  University.




• Tomorrow, the president will host a South Lawn event celebrating passage of
  the Inflation Reduction Act.




• Wednesday, Biden will travel to the Detroit Auto Show.

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