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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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116TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-77
FOSTERING INTERGOVERNMENTAL HEALTH
TRANSPARENCY IN VETERAN SUICIDES ACT
MAY 20, 2019.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. TAKANO, from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 2340]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 2340) to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pro-
vide to Congress notice of any suicide or attempted suicide of a vet-
eran in a Department of Veterans Affairs facility, 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
Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................................... 2
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 3
H e arin g s ................................................................................................................... 4
Subcom m ittee Consideration ................................................................................. 4
C om m ittee C onsideration ....................................................................................... 4
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 5
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 5
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 5
New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 5
Earm arks and Tax and Tariff Benefits ................................................................. 5
C om m ittee C ost E stim ate ....................................................................................... 6
Congressional Budget Office Estim ate ................................................................... 6
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................ 7
A dvisory Com m ittee Statem ent ............................................................................. 7
Constitutional Authority Statem ent ...................................................................... 7
Applicability to Legislative Branch ....................................................................... 7
Statement on Duplication of Federal Programs .................................................... 7
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 7
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill as Reported ...................................... 8
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