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H. Rept. 116-96 1 (2019-05-30)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxacke0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATEO U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION Op 116TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-96 DHS ACQUISITION REVIEW BOARD ACT OF 2019 MAY 30, 2019.-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 REPORT [To accompany H.R. 2609] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Homeland Security, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 2609) to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to es- tablish the Acquisition Review Board in the Department of Home- land Security, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. CONTENTS Page P urpose an d Sum m ary ........................................................................................... 1 Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 2 H e a rin g s ................................................................................................................... 2 C om m ittee C onsideration ....................................................................................... 3 C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 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 ................................................................................ 5 Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 5 D uplicative Federal Program s ............................................................................... 5 Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ... 5 A dvisory Com m ittee Statem ent .............................................................................. Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................................ Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 5 Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported .................................... 6 PURPOSE AND SUMMARY H.R. 2609, the DHS Acquisition Review Board Act of 2019 au- thorizes the Department of Homeland Security's (Department or DHS) Acquisition Review Board (ARB) to ensure greater account- 89-006