[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9513]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 SECURING OUR AGRICULTURE AND FOOD ACT

  Mr. KATKO. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the 
Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 1238) to amend the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 to make the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Health 
Affairs responsible for coordinating the efforts of the Department of 
Homeland Security related to food, agriculture, and veterinary defense 
against terrorism, and for other purposes, with the Senate amendments 
thereto, and concur in the Senate amendments.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the Senate amendments.
  The Clerk read as follows:
  Senate amendments:

     (1)On page 4, lines 1 and 2, strike [relating to food and 
     agriculture] and insert ``or the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services''.

     (2)On page 4, strike line 3 and all that follows through the 
     end of the matter following line 6 and insert the following:
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 
     1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended--
       (1) by striking the items relating to sections 523, 524, 
     525, 526, and 527; and
       (2) by inserting after the item relating to section 522 the 
     following:

``Sec. 523. Guidance and recommendations.
``Sec. 524. Voluntary private sector preparedness accreditation and 
              certification program.
``Sec. 525. Acceptance of gifts.
``Sec. 526. Integrated public alert and warning system modernization.
``Sec. 527. National planning and education.
``Sec. 528. Coordination of Department of Homeland Security efforts 
              related to food, agriculture, and veterinary defense 
              against terrorism.''.

  Mr. KATKO (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent 
to dispense with the reading.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from New York?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the original request 
of the gentleman from New York?
  There was no objection.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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