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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-85
PIPELINE SECURITY ACT
JULY 13, 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. 3243]
The Committee on Homeland Security, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 3243) to codify the Transportation Security Administra-
tion's responsibility relating to securing pipelines against cyberse-
curity threats, acts of terrorism, and other nefarious acts that jeop-
ardize the physical security or cybersecurity of pipelines, and for
other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably
thereon with amendments and recommends that the bill as amend-
ed do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Sum m ary ............................................................................................ 2
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 3
H e arin g s ................................................................................................................... 4
Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 4
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 4
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 4
C.B.O. Estimate, New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax
E xpen ditu res ....................................................................................................... 4
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 5
D uplicative Federal Program s ............................................................................... 5
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 5
Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent ......................................................................... 5
Applicability to Legislative Branch ....................................................................... 5
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ..................................................... 5
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported .................................... 8
The amendments (stated in terms of the introduced bill) are as
follows:
Strike pipeline security section each place such term appears
(including in any headings and in the amendment to the item relat-
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