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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
GPO
115TH CONGRESS J REPT. 115-449
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
PROSTATE CANCER MISDIAGNOSIS ELIMINATION ACT OF
2017
DECEMBER 6, 2017.-Committed to the Comittee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WALDEN, from the Committee on Energy and Commerce,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 2557]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 2557) to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act
to provide for coverage under the Medicare program of certain DNA
Specimen Provenance Assay clinical diagnostic laboratory tests,
having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an
amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................................... 2
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 3
C om m ittee A ction ................................................................................................... 3
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 4
Oversight Findings and Recommendations .......................................................... 4
New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 4
Congressional Budget Office Estimate ................................................................... 4
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................ 6
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 7
Duplication of Federal Program s ........................................................................... 7
Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ....................................................................................... 7
Earmark, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ............................. 7
Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings .................................................................... 7
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent ............................................................................. 7
Applicability to Legislative Branch ....................................................................... 7
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 7
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported .................................... 8
Exchange of Letters with Additional Committees of Referral ............................. 40
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
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