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H. Rept. 115-119 1 (2017-05-15)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaaar0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATEO U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION Gp 115TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-119 HONORING HOMETOWN HEROES ACT MAY 15, 2017.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. GOODLATTE, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 1892] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 1892) to amend title 4, United States Code, to provide for the flying of the flag at half-staff in the event of the death of a first responder in the line of duty, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. CONTENTS Page Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................................... 1 Background and Need for the Legislation ............................................................ 2 H earings ................................................................................................................... 2 Com m ittee Consideration ....................................................................................... 2 C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 2 Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 2 New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ...................................................... 2 Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .......................................................... 3 Duplication of Federal Program s ........................................................................... 3 Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings .................................................................... 4 Performance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 4 Advisory on Earm arks ............................................................................................ . 4 Section-by-Section Analysis .................................................................................... 4 Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 4 Purpose and Summary H.R. 1892 expands the existing authority of state governors and the Mayor of the District of Columbia to order that the American flag be flown at half-staff, to include situations involving a line-of- 69-006