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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-134
VETERANS' COMPENSATION COST-OF-LIVING
ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 2017
MAY 19, 2017.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. ROE of Tennessee, from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 1329]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1329) to increase, effective as of December 1, 2017, the
rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabil-
ities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for
the survivors of certain disabled veterans, to amend title 38,
United States Code, to improve the United States Court of Appeals
for Veterans Claims, to improve the processing of claims by the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes, having con-
sidered the same, report favorably thereon with amendments and
recommend that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
A m endm ent .............................................................................................................. 2
Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................................... 2
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 3
H earings ................................................................................................................... 3
Subcom m ittee Consideration ................................................................................. 4
Com m ittee Consideration ....................................................................................... 4
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 4
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 4
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 5
New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 5
Earmarks and Tax and Tariff Benefits ................................................................. 5
Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ....................................................................................... 5
Congressional Budget Office Estimate ................................................................... 5
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 7
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent ............................................................................. 7
Constitutional Authority Statem ent ...................................................................... 8
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