Congress. The House of Representatives and the Senate reconvened this week. Their top priority is to reach an agreement on the next continuing resolution (CR) for the FY22 grant, as the current CR will expire this Friday. Other matters they are working on include the next steps to determine the debt limit and meetings with the United States Innovation and Competition Act (USICA). The Senate is also about to vote on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and is amending the settlement bill passed by the House of Representatives. Senate Democrats said they are still completing their work on "rebuilding better" as planned. On Christmas Day Before action. At the same time, the House of Representatives plans to vote on a number of bills related to cybersecurity, opioids, social determinants of health, and natural resources. This week’s hearing includes review of nominations, CARES bill supervision and pandemic response, the 2020s astronomy and astrophysics decade survey, cybersecurity situation and drug overdose crisis.

National defense authorization. The Senate postponed the vote on the NDAA before entering the Thanksgiving recess, but it is expected to pass this week.

Appropriations for fiscal year 22. Since the current continuing resolution (CR) will expire on December 3, Democrats and Republicans need to pass another CR before then to ensure that federal funds will not lapse. The end date of the next CR has not yet been determined. The House of Representatives expects to launch a CR tomorrow, which will last until mid-to-late January. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has not yet indicated whether Senate Republicans will agree to short-term CR.

The Biden administration. President Joe Biden will visit Rosemont, Montana tomorrow to discuss a bipartisan infrastructure package. Vice President Kamala Harris will hold the government's first meeting of the White House National Space Committee on Wednesday.

Biden appoints Saranda Young to lead the White House Budget Office: President Biden announced last Wednesday that he plans to nominate Saranda Young as Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), who previously served as a long-time assistant to Capitol Hill aide Acting director for several months. If confirmed, Yang will become the first black woman to run the agency. She has been acting director since Neera Tanden withdrew the OMB director nomination in March. (Small mountain)

Legislators encouraged a re-examination of the healthcare industry to address social and economic factors and make it more accessible to the public: Representative Tony Cardenas (D-CA) and Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) Both pointed out that the expansion of telemedicine in the COVID-19 pandemic was an example of positive changes in The Hill's "Future of Healthcare: Addressing Costs and Paths to Care" event held last week. They say that telemedicine is convenient, can save costs and increase accessibility to rural communities. With the right services and equipment, patients can record blood pressure, monitor other vital signs, and coordinate care with doctors. (Small mountain)

According to reports, five Senate Democrats opposed the Biden Bank nominee: Five Senate Democrats said they would oppose President Biden's nominee for the Director of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Saule Omarova (Saule Omarova). According to reports, three Democratic members of the Senate Banking Committee-Jon Tester (D-MT), Mark Warner (D-VA) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)-told the panel chair Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) , Called last Wednesday, they will not support Omarova's nomination. (Small mountain)

The Senate banking industry wants stablecoin issuers to provide answers on how their business operates: After the Biden administration asked Congress to oversee the fast-growing cryptocurrency sector, the Senate committee that oversees banks and coins is asking stablecoin issuers to provide information on how they do business. Information. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, stated that he hopes stablecoin issuers and cryptocurrency exchanges can explain how they can protect consumers and investors in a $143 billion market. (Business Insider)

T&I Republican leaders called on Biden to stop regulatory actions to stifle infrastructure projects: The Republican leaders of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee called on the Biden administration to stop setting up regulatory barriers to stifle critical infrastructure projects. When the regulatory actions were introduced, the president and his congressional allies continued to blame the private sector for the ongoing supply chain crisis, while Americans faced rising prices across the economy due to rampant inflation. (Clarkhill insight)

The assembly of Russia has triggered a new push by Congress to deliver weapons to Ukraine: Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) are pushing for an additional 5000 in funding for the delivery of deadly weapons to Kiev Ten thousand dollars, because the West felt nervous about it, watching Russian troops and equipment gather on the eastern border of Ukraine. They hope to propose amendments to the annual defense policy legislation, which has been postponed to be submitted to the Senate. (politics)

The Democrats got a signal of hope from lawmakers on immigration issues: The Democrats got a promising signal from Senate rule referees on Tuesday that they worked hard to incorporate provisions for undocumented immigrants into the $1.75 trillion they hoped to pass the partisan settlement process. The "Manpower" Infrastructure Act. (Axios)

More than $500 million in cybersecurity is included in the fully approved package: The House of Representatives approved more than $500 million in cybersecurity funding on Friday as part of President Biden's approximately $2 trillion version of the "Rebuild Better Plan". Although the bill mainly focuses on social and climate programs, the bill will also remit most of the funds to the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to help address issues including cybersecurity workforce training and state and local government Issues including network security. (Small mountain)

Incident reporting and ransomware payment legislation is facing trouble in the Senate: The legislation requiring critical infrastructure owners to report major cyber incidents to the federal government and requiring ransomware victims to disclose when making payments has encountered major obstacles in the Senate. Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) proposed his own amendment to the annual National Defense Authorization Act, which limits ransomware payment reporting requirements to critical infrastructure owners and operators. The compromise supported by a group of senators is narrower. (Online exclusive report)

U.S. Senator Warren lashed out at energy companies on natural gas prices: U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) called on energy companies on Tuesday to explain “they decided to export a record amount of natural gas while imposing substantial price increases on consumers”, accusing them of They are "corporate greedy," while Americans are struggling to pay the bills. (Reuters)

Representative Hinson proposed to defend the hybrid bill to prevent the EPA from reducing RVO in 2020: Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Congresswoman Rodney Davis (R-IL), Congresswoman Angie Craig (D-MN), and Congresswoman Ron Kind (D-WI), introduced a bipartisan protection mixed bill, which prohibits the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from reducing the minimum applicable amount of biofuels after the Renewable Volume Obligation (RVO) level in any given year is finalized Reduce to transportation fuel. This will prevent the EPA from retroactively reducing the 2020 RVO level. (Biofuel Digest)

Fauci said the Omicron variant will "inevitably" arrive in the United States: The Omicron variant of the coronavirus has entered multiple European countries in recent days, and it will "inevitably" arrive in the United States. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on Sunday Express. "The question is: will we be prepared for this?" he said with George Stephanopoulos on ABC's "This Week" show. "The preparations we are doing, what we are doing with the Delta variant now, just need to speed up." (Politics)

The Biden administration announced a travel ban on South Africa and seven other countries, citing new variants: The Biden administration announced on Friday that it plans to ban travel to the United States from South Africa and seven other countries, just as the new coronavirus variant is considered highly worthy Infectious virus of concern. According to a senior government official, travel restrictions will begin on Monday and affect South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi. The official said that the government's decision is a response to the recommendations of the President's Chief Medical Adviser Anthony Fauci and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About a dozen countries took similar actions on Friday. (politics)

Agency scorecard: Who meets Biden’s vaccine authorization deadline and who does not: The Office of Management and Budget released on Wednesday agency-specific data regarding compliance with President Joe Biden’s vaccine authorization for 3.5 million federal employees, showing the top and After the agricultural tribe. The White House announcement stated that 92% of federal employees had received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine before the November 22 deadline, adding that the deadline was “not an end”. (politics)

Biden changed his name to Powell to lead the Fed, risking left-wing anger: President Joe Biden said last Monday that he would reappoint Fed Chairman Jerome Powell as Governor of the U.S. Central Bank. As the specter of rising inflation, he chose to continue. Assuming the most powerful economic position in the government is approaching the election year. (politics)

U.S. agencies announced the "crypto sprint" roadmap: As discussions on how to provide oversight for a booming market unfolded, the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency jointly released an inter-agency policy agenda to regulate cryptocurrencies. The official so-called "crypto sprint" outlines a to-do list for 2022, which will provide crypto players with clearer rules of the road. (Yahoo Finance)

The "war room" of the Department of Commerce sees improvement in supply chain dilemmas: US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said last Monday that supply chain disruptions that plague the global semiconductor industry and other industries are more widespread than expected And complicated, but she asserts that progress is gradually being made despite the continued backlog, but it is still being produced. (politics)

The Department of Transportation and the Department of Energy issue EV RFIs: Last week, the Department of Transportation and the Department of Energy issued a joint request for electric vehicle stakeholders to provide information on the availability of U.S.-made EV chargers. (Clarkhill insight)

NASA’s Dart targets double asteroids and catastrophic outcome: The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is part of NASA’s planetary defense program to determine how to deal with the threat of an asteroid or comet—Near-Earth Object (NEO) . The mission is heading to a double asteroid and hit it purposefully. Nothing on the spacecraft will survive, but if another asteroid collides with the Earth and must be redirected, the data it provides may one day be helpful. (Space Policy Online)

NOAA is committed to predicting compound flooding in complex coastal areas: coastal communities face more frequent floods, where rain, rivers, and ocean storm surges work together. There is an urgent need for a reliable system to accurately predict the flooding caused by these events. A model coupling project is now running under the support of NOAA's Water Initiative, which, among other goals, aims to develop, demonstrate, and implement improved cross-environmental hydrological prediction capabilities. (EOS)

The defense industry asked the White House to allow COVID testing to replace Vax authorization: Due to concerns about the loss of highly skilled workers, groups representing large and small defense companies are pushing the Biden administration to allow employees to undergo COVID testing on a regular basis instead of being vaccinated. Currently, employees of companies working for the federal government must be fully vaccinated by January 18. At least one company, Naval Shipyard Huntington Ingles Industries, stated that it will not enforce the provision in government contracts at shipyards in Mississippi and Virginia unless requirements are included. (Defense one)

The United States will require all border crossings to be vaccinated in January: President Joe Biden will require full vaccinations for essential non-resident travelers (such as truck drivers, governments, and emergency response officials) crossing the US land border starting on January 22. (Associated Press)

Biden restarts Trump’s "stay in Mexico" policy: According to the restored Trump era "stay in Mexico" plan, President Biden will return asylum seekers to Mexico as early as next week-but for them Provide an alternative vaccine for receiving COVID-19. (Axios)

Biden’s Justice Department issued a notice to unruly airline passengers: The Justice Department said on Wednesday afternoon that it would give priority to prosecuting passengers who attacked airline crews because of the surge in travel during the busiest holiday season since the pandemic. (politics)

The FBI wants to participate when Congress considers the Cyber ​​Reporting Act: Congress is considering a bill requiring critical infrastructure operators and federal agencies to report any cyber vulnerabilities and attacks to the highest federal cyber agency, but the FBI wants to participate in the reporting cycle is also like this. (Roll call)

After the Biden administration failed to submit documents to Congress in time, the FDA nomination list expired: After the Biden administration failed to submit the necessary documents to Congress in time, a plan to expedite Robert Califf's nomination of FDA commissioner next month Was shelved. (politics)

The Ministry of the Interior recommends higher costs for drilling on public land: The long-awaited report by the Ministry of the Interior recommends measures to increase the cost of drilling on public land, arguing that taxpayers are currently losing money. (Small mountain)

The Republican Federal Trade Commission commissioner asked the White House to provide evidence about the petrol price investigation request: After President Joe Biden urged the agency to investigate, two Federal Trade Commission Republicans asked the White House to disclose any “increasing evidence” last Tuesday. "It shows that there is improper behavior behind the high retail gasoline prices, and we have a deep understanding of the "illegal behavior" that may exist in the market. (Reuters)

Biden took action to reduce fuel prices-with the help of the Republican Party: Republicans quickly criticized President Joe Biden's decision to open the National Petroleum Reserve on Tuesday, accusing him of abusing the National Security Reserve to achieve a political expediency to lower gasoline prices. It was on Thanksgiving Day. Before. (politics)

New White House Office for Climate Change Policy: The White House will establish a new Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) department responsible for formulating federal climate change policy. The Biden administration will appoint Sally Benson, a professor of energy engineering at Stanford University, to lead the newly formed department. (Small mountain)

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