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H. Rept. 115-42,Part 1 1 (2017-03-16)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaipq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED r U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 4 115TH CONGRESS REPT. 115-42 1st Session J HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1 SECURING OUR AGRICULTURE AND FOOD ACT MARCH 16, 2017.-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. 1238] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Homeland Security, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 1238) to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Health Af- fairs responsible for coordinating the efforts of the Department of Homeland Security related to food, agriculture, and veterinary de- fense against terrorism, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and rec- ommend that the bill do pass. CONTENTS Page Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................................... . 2 Background and Need for Legislation .................................................................... 2 H earings .................................................................................................................. 3 Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 3 C om m ittee V otes ..................................................................................................... 3 Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 3 New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 3 Congressional Budget Office Estimate ................................................................... 4 Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ................. 4 Duplicative Federal Program s ................................................................................ 5 Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ... 5 Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 5 Preem ption Clarification ......................................................................................... 5 Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings ..................................................................... 5 Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent .............................................................................. 5 Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................................ 5 Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 5 Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ................. 6 Com m ittee Correspondence .................................................................................... 8 69-006