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116TH CONGRESS I
1st Session J HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
REPORT
116-215
MORE EFFICIENT TOOLS TO REALIZE INFORMATION FOR
CONSUMERS ACT
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. PALLONE, from the Committee on Energy and Commerce,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 2296]
The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 2296) to require reporting regarding certain drug
price increases, and for other purposes, having considered the
same, report favorably thereon with amendments and recommend
that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. Purpose and Sum m ary .................................................................................. 9
II. Background and Need for the Legislation ................................................... 10
III. C om m ittee H earings ..................................................................................... . 12
IV . Com m ittee Consideration .............................................................................. 13
V . C om m ittee V otes ........................................................................................... . 13
V I. O versigh t F in dings ........................................................................................ 13
VII. New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures 13
VIII. Federal M andates Statem ent ....................................................................... 14
IX. Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ......................... 14
X. Duplication of Federal Program s .................................................................. 14
X I. Com m ittee Cost E stim ate ............................................................................ . 14
XII. Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ................. 14
XIII. Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent .................................................................... 14
XIV. Applicability to Legislative Branch .............................................................. 14
XV. Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ............................................ 14
XVI. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ........................... 17
The amendments are as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.-This Act may be cited as the More Efficient Tools to Realize
Information for Consumers Act or the METRIC Act.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.-The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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