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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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116TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-375
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY CLIMATE
CHANGE RESEARCH ACT
JANUARY 10, 2020.-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. 4737]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Homeland Security, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 4737) to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to re-
quire the Under Secretary for Science and Technology of the De-
partment of Homeland Security to research and evaluate existing
Federal research regarding approaches to mitigate climate change
on homeland security to identify areas for further research within
the Department, research and develop approaches to mitigate the
consequences of climate change on homeland security, and for other
purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon
with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do
pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................................... 3
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 3
H e arin g s ................................................................................................................... 4
C om m ittee C onsideration ....................................................................................... 5
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 5
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 5
C.B.O. Estimate, New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax
E xpen ditu res ....................................................................................................... 5
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................ 7
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 7
D uplicative Federal Program s ............................................................................... 7
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 ...................................................... 7
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported .................................... 8
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