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H. Rept. 114-149 1 (2015-06-11)

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                     114TH CONGRESS                                          REPORT
                        1st Session    HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES              114-149







                        FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
                                         SUNSHINE ACT OF 2015



                      JUNE 11, 2015.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
                                        the Union and ordered to be printed



                          Mr. MCCAUL, from the Committee on Homeland Security,
                                           submitted the following


                                              REPORT

                                            [To accompany H.R. 1637]

                               [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                       The Committee on Homeland Security, to whom was referred the
                     bill (H.R. 1637) to require annual reports on the activities and ac-
                     complishments of federally funded research and development cen-
                     ters within the Department of Homeland Security, and for other
                     purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon
                     without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.

                                                  CONTENTS
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                     Purpose and  Sum m ary  ...........................................................................................  2
                     Background and  Need  for  Legislation  ...................................................................  2
                     H earings  ...................................................................................................................  2
                     Com m ittee  Consideration  .......................................................................................  2
                     C om m ittee  V otes  ......................................................................................................  2
                     Com m ittee  Oversight Findings  ...............................................................................  3
                     New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures .............       3
                     Congressional Budget Office   Estimate  ...................................................................  3
                     Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ....................................  3
                     Duplicative  Federal Program  s  ...............................................................................  4
                     Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ...         4
                     Federal M andates  Statem  ent  .................................................................................  4
                     Preem ption  Clarification  .........................................................................................  4
                     Disclosure  of Directed  Rule  M akings  ....................................................................  4
                     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


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