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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
GP
116TH CONGRESS REPT. 116-620
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
HEARTS AND RURAL RELIEF ACT
DECEMBER 7, 2020.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. NEAL, from the Committee on Ways and Means,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 3429]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 3429) to provide for health equity and access for return-
ing troops and servicemembers, to provide for ambulatory surgical
payment transparency under the Medicare program, and for other
purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon
with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do
pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ................................................................. 5
A. Purpose and Summary ......................................................................... 5
B. Background and Need for Legislation ................................................ 5
C. Legislative History ............................................................................... 9
II. EXPLANATION OF THE BILL ...................................................................... 9
A. HEARTS and Rural Relief Act ........................................................... 9
Effective Dates ................................................................................... 15
III. VOTES OF THE COMMITTEE ...................................................................... 16
IV. BUDGET EFFECTS OF THE BILL .............................................................. 16
A. Committee Estimate of Budgetary Effects ......................................... 16
B. Statement Regarding New Budget Authority and Tax Expendi-
tures Budget Authority ...................................................................... 16
C. Cost Estimate Prepared by the Congressional Budget Office ........... 16
V. OTHER MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED UNDER THE RULES OF THE
HOUSE ......................................................................................................... 21
A. Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations .................... 21
B. Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ................ 21
C. Information Relating to Unfunded Mandates .................................... 21
D. Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff
Benefits .............................................................................................. 21
E. Duplication of Federal Programs ........................................................ 21
F. Hearings ................................................................................................ 22
VI. CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED 22
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