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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-446
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SEAL
PROTECTION ACT OF 2022
JULY 28, 2022.-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. 7778]
The Committee on Homeland Security, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 7778) to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to
prohibit misuse of the Department of Homeland Security seal, and
for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably
thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as
amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Sum m ary ............................................................................................ 2
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 2
Hearing ..................................................................................................................... 3
Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 3
Committee Votes ...................................................................................................... 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 ... 4
A dvisory 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
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 Department of Homeland Security Seal Protection
Act of 2022.
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