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H. Rept. 115-267 1 (2017-07-28)

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                    115TH CONGRESS                                          REPORT
                        1st Session    HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             115-267





                        GROW OUR OWN DIRECTIVE: PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
                            EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION ACT OF 2017



                      JULY 28, 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. 3262]

                              [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                      The Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to whom was referred the
                    bill (H.R. 3262) to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to
                    carry out a pilot program to provide educational assistance to cer-
                    tain former members of the Armed Forces for education and train-
                    ing as physician assistants of the Department of Veterans Affairs,
                    to establish pay grades and require competitive pay for physician
                    assistants of the Department, and for other purposes, having con-
                    sidered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and
                    recommend that the bill as amended do pass.
                                                 CONTENTS
                                                                                     Page
                    A m endm ent  ..............................................................................................................  2
                    Purpose and Sum m ary  ...........................................................................................  6
                    Background and Need for  Legislation  ...................................................................  6
                    H earings ...................................................................................................................  7
                    Subcom m ittee  Consideration  .................................................................................  7
                    Com m ittee  Consideration  ........................................................................................  7
                    C om m ittee  V otes  ......................................................................................................  7
                    Com m ittee  Oversight Findings  ...............................................................................  7
                    Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ....................................  7
                    New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures .............       8
                    Earmarks and Tax and Tariff Benefits  .................................................................  8
                    Com m ittee  Cost  Estim ate  .......................................................................................  8
                    Congressional Budget Office   Estimate  ...................................................................  8
                    Federal M andates  Statem  ent  .................................................................................  11
                    Advisory Com m ittee  Statem ent  ..............................................................................  11
                    Constitutional Authority  Statem ent  ......................................................................  11
                    Applicability  to  Legislative  Branch  ........................................................................  12
                    Statement on Duplication of Federal Programs ....................................................  12
                    Disclosure  of Directed  Rulem aking  ........................................................................  12
                    Section-by-Section  Analysis of the  Legislation  ......................................................  12
                    Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill as Reported ......................................  16
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