House Plans Suspension Votes on NTIA Reauthorization Act, 988 Lifeline Cybersecurity Bill

The House is set to vote as soon as Tuesday night on the NTIA Reauthorization Act (HR-4510) and 988 Lifeline Cybersecurity Responsibility Act (HR-498) under suspension of the rules, the office of House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., said Friday. HR-498, which the House Commerce Committee advanced last year, would amend the 2020 National Suicide Hotline Designation Act to require improved coordination and reporting on potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities within the 988 Lifeline, with the goal of mitigating future cyberattacks and preventing disruption of services (see 2304050080). The House Commerce-cleared HR-4510 would elevate the NTIA administrator from assistant secretary to undersecretary of Commerce and proposes other steps to improve coordination of federal spectrum (see 2307270063).