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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-492
COUNTER TERRORIST NETWORK ACT
JANuARY 9, 2018.-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. 4578]
The Committee on Homeland Security, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 4578) to authorize certain counter terrorist networks ac-
tivities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and for other pur-
poses, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with-
out amendment and recommend 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 ....................................................................................... 2
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 2
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 2
New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 2
Congressional Budget Office Estimate ................................................................... 2
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 3
Duplicative Federal Program s ............................................................................... 3
Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ... 3
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................ 3
Preem ption Clarification ......................................................................................... 3
Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings .................................................................... 3
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent ............................................................................. 3
Applicability to Legislative Branch ....................................................................... 4
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 4
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported .................................... 4
PURPOSE AND SUMMARY
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is charged with
the important mission to secure the Nation's borders and ports of
entry against a range of threats including those posed by
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