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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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116TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-299
INLAND WATERS SECURITY REVIEW ACT
NOVEMBER 19, 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. 4402]
The Committee on Homeland Security, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 4402) to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to
conduct an inland waters threat analysis, and for other purposes,
having considered the same, report favorably thereon 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 ...................................................................................................... 2
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 2
C.B.O. Estimate, New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax
E xpen ditu res ....................................................................................................... 2
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................ 3
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 3
D uplicative Federal Program s ............................................................................... 3
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 ...................................................... 3
PURPOSE AND SUMMARY
H.R. 4402, the Inland Waters Security Review Act, will require
DHS to submit to Congress an analysis of the following: (1) current
and potential terrorism and criminal threats with respect to inland
waters; (2) security challenges at inland water ports; (3) security
mitigation efforts with respect to inland waters; (4) any
vulnerabilities related to law enforcement cooperation or inter-
national agreements with respect to inland waters that may affect
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