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Congress

Homeland Security Committee Approves First DHS Reauthorization Bill

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, June 14th, 2017

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Homeland Security Committee Approves First DHS Reauthorization Bill

Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman emeritus of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and House Committee on Homeland Security as well as co-chair of the Friends of Australia Caucus. (Photo: U.S. House of Representatives)

The House Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved by voice vote the first authorization bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) since the department was enacted into law by former President George W. Bush in November 2002.Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the committee, earlier this year was able to get the seven other House committees with jurisdiction over DHS to agree that the department needs to be reauthorized on a regular basis.The bill, H.R. 2825, still needs…

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