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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-389
VA MANAGEMENT ALIGNMENT ACT OF 2017
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. 1066]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1066) to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to sub-
mit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the
House of Representatives a report regarding the organizational
structure of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other pur-
poses, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with-
out amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................................... 2
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 2
H earings ................................................................................................................... 3
Subcom m ittee Consideration ................................................................................. 4
Com m ittee Consideration ....................................................................................... 4
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 4
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 4
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 ................................................................... 5
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 5
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent ............................................................................. 5
Constitutional Authority Statem ent ...................................................................... 6
Applicability to Legislative Branch ....................................................................... 6
Statement on Duplication of Federal Programs .................................................... 6
Disclosure of Directed Rulem aking ....................................................................... 6
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 6
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill as Reported ...................................... 7
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