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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117_49
DHS MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES ACT
JUNE 1, 2021.-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
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 3263]
The Committee on Homeland Security, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 3263) to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to es-
tablish in the Department of Homeland Security a medical counter-
measures program, and for other purposes, having considered the
same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Sum m ary ............................................................................................ 1
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 2
H e a rin g s ................................................................................................................... 3
Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 3
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
D uplicative Federal Program s ............................................................................... 4
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 4
Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent ......................................................................... 4
Applicability to Legislative Branch ....................................................................... 4
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ..................................................... 4
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 5
PURPOSE AND SUMMARY
H.R. 3263, the DHS Medical Countermeasures Act, requires
the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary to establish
a medical countermeasures program to facilitate personnel readi-
ness and protection for the Department's employees and working
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