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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
GPO
115TH CONGRESS J REPT. 115-448
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I Part 1
MEDICARE CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES UPDATE
ACT
DECEMBER 6, 2017.-
Mr. WALDEN,
-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
from the Committee on Energy and Commerce,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 3245]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 3245) to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to
increase civil money penalties and criminal fines for Federal health
care program fraud and abuse, and for other purposes, having con-
sidered the same, report 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
C om m ittee A ction ................................................................................................... 2
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 3
Oversight Findings and Recommendations .......................................................... 3
New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 3
Congressional Budget Office Estimate ................................................................... 3
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 5
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 5
Duplication of Federal Program s ........................................................................... 5
Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ....................................................................................... 5
Earmark, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ............................. 5
Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings ..................................................................... 5
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent ............................................................................. 5
Applicability to Legislative Branch ....................................................................... 5
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 5
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported .................................... 6
Exchange of Letters with Additional Committees of Referral ............................. 22
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