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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
116TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-141
EFFECTIVE PROSECUTION OF POSSESSION OF
BIOLOGICAL TOXINS AND AGENTS ACT OF 2019
JULY 9, 2019.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. NADLER, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 1986]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 1986) to amend section 175b of title 18, United States Code,
to correct a scrivener's error, having considered the same, report fa-
vorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill
do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Sum m ary ............................................................................................ 1
Background and Need for the Legislation ............................................................. 2
Hearings ................................................................................................................... 4
Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 4
Committee Votes ...................................................................................................... 4
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 4
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ...................................................... 4
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estim ate ......................................................... 5
Duplication of Federal Program s ........................................................................... 6
Perform ance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 6
A dvisory on E arm ark s ............................................................................................ 6
Section-by-Section A nalysis .................................................................................... 6
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 6
Purpose and Summary
H.R. 1986, the Effective Prosecution of Biological Toxins and
Agents Act of 2019, is designed to correct a scrivener's error in
section 175b of title 18 of the United States Code to ensure that
the statute prohibits the shipment, transportation, possession or
receipt of the complete list of biological toxins and agents that Con-
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