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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-680
TO AMEND TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE, TO CLARIFY PRESUMPTIONS
RELATING TO THE EXPOSURE OF CERTAIN VETERANS WHO SERVED IN
THE VICINITY OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM, AND FOR OTHER PUR-
POSES
MAY 18, 2018.-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. 299]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 299) to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify pre-
sumptions relating to the exposure of certain veterans who served
in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam, and for other purposes,
having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an
amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
A m en dm en t .............................................................................................................. 2
P urpose an d Sum m ary ............................................................................................ 13
Background and Need for Legislation .................................................................... 14
H e arin g s ................................................................................................................... 2 0
Subcom m ittee Consideration .................................................................................. 21
C om m ittee C onsideration ........................................................................................ 21
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 2 1
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 21
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 22
New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 22
Earm arks and Tax and Tariff Benefits .................................................................. 22
Com m ittee Cost E stim ate ....................................................................................... 22
Congressional Budget Office Estim ate ................................................................... 22
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 32
A dvisory Com m ittee Statem ent .............................................................................. 32
Constitutional Authority Statem ent ...................................................................... 32
Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................................ 32
Statement on Duplication of Federal Programs .................................................... 32
Disclosure of Directed Rulem aking ........................................................................ 32
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 33
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill as Reported ...................................... 35
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