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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-395
VETERANS INCREASED CHOICE FOR TRANSPLANTED
ORGANS AND RECOVERY ACT OF 2017
NOVEMBER 7, 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. 2601]
The Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 2601) to amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Ac-
countability Act of 2014 to improve the access of veterans to organ
transplants, and for other purposes, having considered the same,
reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends
that the bill as amended 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 .................................... 5
New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 5
Earmarks and Tax and Tariff Benefits ................................................................. 5
Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ....................................................................................... 5
Congressional Budget Office Estimate ................................................................... 5
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 6
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent ............................................................................. 6
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
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
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