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                     116TH CONGRESS                                          REPORT
                        1st Session    HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES              116-270






                      ENGINEERING BIOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
                                                ACT OF 2019



                     NOVEMBER 5, 2019.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
                                       of the Union and ordered to be printed



                     Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, from the Committee on Science, Space, and
                                     Technology, submitted the following


                                              REPORT

                                            [To accompany H.R. 4373]

                               [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                       The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, to whom was
                     referred the bill (H.R. 4373) to provide for a coordinated Federal
                     research initiative to ensure continued United States leadership in
                     engineering biology, having considered the same, report favorably
                     thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as
                     amended do pass.

                                                  CONTENTS
                                                                                      Page
                         I. A m en dm en t  ...............................................................................................  2
                         II.  P u rpose  of  th e  B ill  .....................................................................................  7
                       III. Background  and  Need  for the  Legislation  ..............................................  7
                       IV . Com m ittee  H earings  .................................................................................  8
                       V. Committee Consideration  and  Votes  .........................................................  8
                       VI. Summary of M ajor Provisions of the Bill .................................................  8
                       VII. Section-By-Section Analysis (By Title and Section) ................................  9
                       V III.  C om m ittee  V iew s  ........................................................................................  10
                       IX . C ost  E stim ate  ............................................................................................. .  10
                       X. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate  .............................................  11
                       XI. Compliance with Public Law 104-4 (Unfunded Mandates) ....................  12
                       XII. Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations ...........................  12
                       XIII. Statement on General Performance Goals and Objectives ...................... 12
                       XIV. Federal Advisory  Committee  Statement  ...................................................  12
                       XV. Duplication  of Federal Program s  ...............................................................  12
                       XV I.  E arm ark  Identification  ..............................................................................  12
                     XVII. Applicability  to  the  Legislative  Branch  .....................................................  12
                     XVIII. Statement on Preemption of State, Local, or Tribal Law ........................ 12
                     XIX. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, As Reported .......................  13
                       XX. Proceedings of Full Committee M  arkup  ....................................................  13
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