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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
GPO
115TH CONGRESS [REPT. 115-923
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
COUNTERING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION ACT OF
2018
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018.-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
together with
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 6198]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Homeland Security, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 6198) to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to es-
tablish the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office, and for
other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably there-
on with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended
do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................................... 6
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 6
H earings ................................................................................................................... 8
Com m ittee Consideration ....................................................................................... 8
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 8
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 9
New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 9
Congressional Budget Office Estimate ................................................................... 9
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 10
Duplicative Federal Program s ................................................................................ 10
Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ... 10
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 10
Preem ption Clarification ......................................................................................... 10
Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings ..................................................................... 10
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent .............................................................................. 11
Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................................ 11
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