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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-135
VETERANS APPEALS IMPROVEMENT AND
MODERNIZATION 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. 2288]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 2288) to amend title 38, United States Code, to reform
the rights and processes relating to appeals of decisions regarding
claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary
of Veterans Affairs, 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 ................................................................... 4
H earings ................................................................................................................... 5
Subcom m ittee Consideration ................................................................................. 6
Com m ittee Consideration ....................................................................................... 6
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 6
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 6
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 6
New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 6
Earmarks and Tax and Tariff Benefits ................................................................. 6
Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ....................................................................................... 7
Congressional Budget Office Estimate ................................................................... 7
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 9
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent ............................................................................. 9
Constitutional Authority Statem ent ...................................................................... 9
Applicability to Legislative Branch ....................................................................... 9
Statement on Duplication of Federal Programs .................................................... 9
Disclosure of Directed Rulem aking ....................................................................... 9
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 10
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill as Reported ...................................... 14
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