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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-45
REDUCING DHS ACQUISITION COST GROWTH ACT
MARCH 20, 2017.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. MCCAUL, from the Committee on Homeland Security,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 1294]
The Committee on Homeland Security, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1294) to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to
provide for congressional notification regarding major acquisition
program breaches, and for other purposes, having considered the
same, report favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommend that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Sum m ary ............................................................................................ 1
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 2
H earings ................................................................................................................... 2
Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 3
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 3
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 3
New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 3
Congressional Budget Office Estimate ................................................................... 3
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 3
Duplicative Federal Program s ............................................................................... 4
Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ... 4
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 4
Preem ption Clarification ......................................................................................... 4
Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings ..................................................................... 4
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent ............................................................................. 4
Applicability to Legislative Branch ....................................................................... 4
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 5
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported .................................... 5
PURPOSE AND SUMMARY
The purpose of H.R. 1294, the Reducing DHS Acquisition Cost
Growth Act of 2017, is to amend the Homeland Security Act of
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