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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
116TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-618
SERVICEMEMBERS AND VETERANS INITIATIVE ACT OF
2020
DECEMBER 7, 2020.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. NADLER, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 8354]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 8354) to establish the Servicemembers and Veterans Initia-
tive within the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice,
and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favor-
ably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do
pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Sum m ary ............................................................................................ 1
Background and Need for the Legislation ............................................................. 2
H e arin g s ................................................................................................................... 4
Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 4
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 4
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 5
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures and Congressional Budget Of-
fice C ost E stim ate ............................................................................................... 5
Duplication of Federal Program s ........................................................................... 5
Perform ance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 5
A dvisory on E arm ark s ............................................................................................ 5
Section-by-Section A nalysis .................................................................................... 5
Purpose and Summary
H.R. 8354, the Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative Act of
2020, is a bipartisan bill that would permanently establish the
Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative (SVI) within the Depart-
ment of Justice's (DOJ) Civil Rights Division. The Servicemembers
and Veterans Initiative Act details SVI's responsibilities to promote
the legal interests of servicemembers, veterans, and their families
within the Department of Justice. Among the responsibilities of the
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