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H. Rept. 114-405 1 (2016-02-01)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxrib0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP 114TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 114-405 AMERICAN HEROES COLA ACT OF 2015 FEBRUARY 1, 2016.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. MILLER of Florida, from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 677] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 677) to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for annual cost-of-living adjustments to be made automatically by law each year in the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and in- demnity compensation for survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass. CONTENTS Page A m endm ent .............................................................................................................. 2 Purpose and Sum m ary ............................................................................................ 21 Background and Need for Legislation .................................................................... 21 H earings ................................................................................................................... 36 Subcom m ittee Consideration .................................................................................. 38 Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 39 C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 40 Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 41 Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 41 New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 42 Earmarks and Tax and Tariff Benefits .................................................................. 42 Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ....................................................................................... 42 Congressional Budget Office Estimate ................................................................... 42 Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 50 Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent .............................................................................. 51 Constitutional Authority Statem ent ...................................................................... 51 Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................................ 51 59-006

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