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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-36
COMPETITIVE HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM ACT OF 2017
MARCH 15 (legislative day, MARCH 13), 2017.-Committed to the Committee of the
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GOODLATTE, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 372]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 372) to restore the application of the Federal antitrust laws
to the business of health insurance to protect competition and con-
sumers, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon
with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do
pass.
CONTENTS
Page
The A m endm ent ..................................................................................................... 1
Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................................... 2
Background and Need for the Legislation ............................................................ 3
H earings ................................................................................................................... 7
Com m ittee Consideration ....................................................................................... 8
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 8
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 9
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ...................................................... 9
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .......................................................... 9
Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................................ 10
Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings ..................................................................... 11
Perform ance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 11
A dvisory on Earm arks ............................................................................................. 11
Section-by-Section Analysis .................................................................................... 11
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 12
The Amendment
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
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