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117TH CONGRESS [REPT. 117-650
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
HEALTH SECURITY AND COUNTERING WEAPONS OF
MASS DESTRUCTION ACT
DECEMBER 20, 2022.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, from the Committee on Homeland
Security, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 8610]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Homeland Security, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 8610) to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to au-
thorize the Office of Health Security, make technical corrections to
the authorization of the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction
Office, establish a Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Advi-
sory Committee, establish a departmental biodefense strategy, and
for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably
thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as
amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Summary ............................................................................................ 8
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 9
Hearing ..................................................................................................................... 10
Committee Consideration ........................................................................................ 10
Committee Votes ...................................................................................................... 10
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 10
C.B.O. Estimate, New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax
Expenditures ........................................................................................................ 11
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 13
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 13
Duplicative Federal Programs ................................................................................ 13
Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ... 13
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent .............................................................................. 13
Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................................ 13
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 13
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 16
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