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116TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-394
SECURING AMERICA'S PORTS ACT
FEBRUARY 6, 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. 5273]
The Committee on Homeland Security, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 5273) to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to
develop a plan to increase to 100 percent the rates of scanning of
commercial and passenger vehicles entering the United States at
land ports of entry along the border using large-scale non-intrusive
inspection systems to enhance border security, and for other pur-
poses, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with
an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
P urpose an d Sum m ary ........................................................................................... 1
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 1
H e a rin g s ................................................................................................................... 2
C om m ittee C onsideration ....................................................................................... 5
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 8
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 8
C.B.O. Estimate, New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax
E xpen ditu res ....................................................................................................... 8
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................ 8
D uplicative Federal Program s ............................................................................... 8
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 8
Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ... 9
A dvisory Com m ittee Statem ent ..............................................................................
Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................................
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 9
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 Securing America's Ports Act.
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