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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
GPO
115TH CONGRESS [REPT. 115-936
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
FIGHTING FRAUD TO PROTECT CARE FOR SENIORS ACT
OF 2018
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BRADY of Texas, from the Committee on Ways and Means,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 6690]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 6690) to establish a smart card pilot program to combat
fraud, waste, and abuse and to protect beneficiary identity under
the Medicare program, having considered the same, report favor-
ably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as
amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ............................................................... 4
A. Purpose and Sum m ary .................................................................... 4
B. Background and Need for Legislation ............................................ 4
C. Legislative H istory ........................................................................... 5
II. EXPLANATION OF THE BILL ................................................................... 5
A. Fighting Fraud to Protect Care for Seniors Act of 2018 ................ 5
III. VOTES OF THE COMM ITTEE .................................................................... 7
IV. BUDGET EFFECTS OF THE BILL ............................................................ 8
A. Committee Estimate of Budgetary Effects ...................................... 8
B. Statement Regarding New Budget Authority and Tax Expendi-
tures Budget Authority .................................................................. 8
C. Cost Estimate Prepared by the Congressional Budget Office ....... 8
V. OTHER MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED UNDER THE RULES OF
TH E H O U SE .............................................................................................. 10
A. Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations ................. 10
B. Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ............. 10
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