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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-411
FOUNDATIONS FOR EVIDENCE-BASED POLICYMAKING
ACT OF 2017
NOVEMBER 15, 2017.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GOWDY, from the Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 4174]
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 4174) to amend titles 5 and 44, United
States Code, to require Federal evaluation activities, improve Fed-
eral data management, and for other purposes, having considered
the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommend that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Com mittee Statem ent and Views ........................................................................... 1
Section-by-Section .................................................................................................... 24
Explanation of Am endm ents ................................................................................... 27
Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 27
R oll C all V otes ......................................................................................................... 27
Application of Law to the Legislative Branch ....................................................... 27
Statement of Oversight Findings and Recommendations of the Committee ...... 27
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 27
Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................................ 27
Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings ..................................................................... 28
Federal Advisory Com m ittee Act ............................................................................ 28
Unfunded M andates Statem ent .............................................................................. 28
Earm ark Identification ............................................................................................ 28
Com m ittee E stim ate ................................................................................................ 28
Budget Authority and Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .................... 28
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 29
COMMITTEE STATEMENT AND VIEWS
PURPOSE AND SUMMARY
H.R. 4174, the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act
of 2017, advances the evidence building functions in the Federal
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