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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-132
COAST GUARD IMPROVEMENT AND REFORM ACT OF 2017
MAY 18, 2017.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. SHUSTER, from the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 1726]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 1726) to amend title 14, United States
Code, to improve the organization of such title and to incorporate
certain transfers and modifications into such title, and for other
purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon
without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose of Legislation ............................................................................................ . 2
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 2
H earings ................................................................................................................... 2
Legislative History and Consideration .................................................................. 2
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 2
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 2
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ...................................................... 3
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .......................................................... 3
Performance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 4
A dvisory of Earm arks ............................................................................................. 4
Duplication of Federal Program s ........................................................................... 4
Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings .................................................................... 4
Federal M andate Statem ent ................................................................................... 4
Preem ption Clarification ......................................................................................... 4
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent ............................................................................. 4
Applicability of Legislative Branch ........................................................................ 5
Section-by-Section Analysis of Legislation ............................................................ 5
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 25
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