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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-47
DHS ACQUISITION AUTHORITIES ACT OF 2017
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. 1252]
The Committee on Homeland Security, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1252) to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to
provide for certain acquisition authorities for the Under Secretary
of Management of the Department of Homeland Security, and for
other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably there-
on with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended
do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................................... 6
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 6
H earings ................................................................................................................... 6
Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 7
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 7
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 7
New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 7
Congressional Budget Office Estimate ................................................................... 8
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 8
Duplicative Federal Program s ............................................................................... 8
Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ... 8
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 8
Preem ption Clarification ......................................................................................... 8
Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings ..................................................................... 8
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent ............................................................................. 9
Applicability to Legislative Branch ....................................................................... 9
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 9
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 10
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the DHS Acquisition Authorities Act of 2017.
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