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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-602
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY IMPROVEMENT
ACT OF 2018
MARCH 19, 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
[To accompany H.R. 5131]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Homeland Security, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 5131) to improve the effectiveness of Federal efforts to
identify and address homeland security risks to surface transpor-
tation, secure against vehicle-based attacks, and conduct a feasi-
bility assessment of introducing new security technologies and
measures, and for other purposes, having considered the same, re-
port favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that
the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................................... 5
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 5
H earings ................................................................................................................... 5
Com m ittee Consideration ....................................................................................... 6
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 6
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 6
New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 6
Congressional Budget Office Estimate ................................................................... 7
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 7
Duplicative Federal Program s ............................................................................... 7
Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ... 7
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 7
Preem ption Clarification ......................................................................................... 7
Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings .................................................................... 8
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent ............................................................................. 8
Applicability to Legislative Branch ....................................................................... 8
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 8
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 10
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