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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-144
VA PRESCRIPTION DATA ACCOUNTABILITY ACT 2017
MAY 22, 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. 1545]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1545) to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify
the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disclose cer-
tain patient information to State controlled substance monitoring
programs, and for other purposes, having considered the same, re-
port favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that
the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................................... 2
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 2
H earings ................................................................................................................... 3
Subcom m ittee Consideration ................................................................................. 3
Com m ittee Consideration ....................................................................................... 3
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 3
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 4
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 4
New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 4
Earmarks and Tax and Tariff Benefits ................................................................. 4
Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ....................................................................................... 4
Congressional Budget Office Estimate ................................................................... 4
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 5
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent ............................................................................. 5
Constitutional Authority Statem ent ...................................................................... 5
Applicability to Legislative Branch ....................................................................... 5
Statement on Duplication of Federal Programs .................................................... 5
Disclosure of Directed Rulem aking ....................................................................... 6
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 6
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill as Reported ...................................... 6
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