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118TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-687
PRODUCING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES FOR HOMELAND
SECURITY ACT
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, from the Committee on Homeland
Security, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 9459]
The Committee on Homeland Security, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 9459) to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to en-
able secure and trustworthy technology through other transaction
contracting authority, and for other purposes, having considered
the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................................... . 1
Background and Need for Legislation .................................................................... 2
H earings .................................................................................................................. 3
Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 3
C om m ittee V otes ..................................................................................................... 3
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 3
C.B.O. Estimate, New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax
E xpenditures ....................................................................................................... 3
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 3
Duplicative Federal Program s ................................................................................ 4
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ................. 4
Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ... 4
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent .............................................................................. 4
Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................................ 4
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 4
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ................. 5
PURPOSE AND SUMMARY
H.R. 9459, the Producing Advanced Technologies for Homeland
Security Act or PATHS Act, reauthorizes the authority of the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to enter into other trans-
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