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handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxacwl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATE U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GPO 116TH CONGRESS J REPT. 116-303 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1 PIPELINE AND LNG FACILITY CYBERSECURITY PREPAREDNESS ACT NOVEMBER 20, 2019.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. PALLONE, from the Committee on Energy and Commerce, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 370] The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 370) to require the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program relating to physical security and cybersecurity for pipe- lines and liquefied natural gas facilities, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and rec- ommend that the bill do pass. CONTENTS Page I. Purpose and Sum m ary .................................................................................. 1 II. Background and Need for Legislation .......................................................... 2 III. Com m ittee H earings ...................................................................................... 4 IV. Com m ittee Consideration .............................................................................. 5 V . Com m ittee V otes ............................................................................................ 5 VI. Oversight Findings ........................................................................................ 5 VII. New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures 5 VIII. Federal M andates Statem ent ....................................................................... 5 IX. Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ........................ 5 X. Duplication of Federal Programs .................................................................. 6 XI. Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ............................................................................. 6 XII. Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits .................. 6 XIII. Advisory Committee Statement .................................................................... 6 XIV. Applicability to Legislative Branch ............................................................. 6 XV. Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ........................................... 6 XVI. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ........................... 7 I. PURPOSE AND SUMMARY Reps. Fred Upton (R-MI) and David Loebsack (D-IA) introduced H.R. 370, the Pipeline and LNG Facility Cybersecurity Prepared- ness Act, on January 9, 2019. H.R. 370 requires the Department 99-006