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116TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-279
PIPELINE SECURITY ACT
NOVEMBER 12, 2019.-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
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 3699]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Homeland Security, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 3699) to codify the Transportation Security Administra-
tion's responsibility relating to securing pipelines against cyberse-
curity threats, acts of terrorism, and other nefarious acts that jeop-
ardize the physical security or cybersecurity of pipelines, and for
other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably there-
on without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
P urpose an d Sum m ary ........................................................................................... 1
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 2
H e a rin g s ................................................................................................................... 2
C om m ittee C onsideration ....................................................................................... 2
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 3
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 3
C.B.O. Estimate, New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax
E xpen ditu res ....................................................................................................... 3
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................ 4
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 4
D uplicative Federal Program s ............................................................................... 4
Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ...
A dvisory Com m ittee Statem ent ..............................................................................
Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................................
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 5
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported .................................... 6
PURPOSE AND SUMMARY
The purpose of H.R. 3699, the Pipeline Security Act, is to codify
the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) responsibility
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