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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-387
TO AMEND TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR A CON-
SISTENT ELIGIBILITY DATE FOR PROVISION OF DEPARTMENT OF VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS MEMORIAL HEADSTONES AND MARKERS FOR ELIGIBLE
SPOUSES AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN OF VETERANS WHOSE REMAINS
ARE UNAVAILABLE
NOVEMBER 6, 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. 3656]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 3656) to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide
for a consistent eligibility date for provision of Department of Vet-
erans Affairs memorial headstones and markers for eligible spouses
and dependent children of veterans whose remains are unavailable,
having considered 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 ........................................................................................... 2
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 2
H earings ................................................................................................................... 2
Subcom m ittee Consideration ................................................................................. 3
Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 3
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 3
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 3
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 ....................................................................... 6
Statement on Duplication of Federal Programs .................................................... 6
Disclosure of Directed Rulem aking ....................................................................... 6
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