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H. Rept. 114-48 1 (2015-03-23)

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                     114TH CONGRESS                                         REPORT
                        1st Session    HOUSE   OF REPRESENTATIVES           114-48







                    DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS BUDGET PLANNING
                                          REFORM ACT OF 2015




                      MARCH 23, 2015.-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. 216]

                              [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                      The  Committee   on  Veterans' Affairs, to whom  was  referred the
                    bill (H.R. 216) to amend  title 38, United States Code, to direct the
                    Secretary  of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a Future-Years
                    Veterans  Program   and a quadrennial  veterans  review, to establish
                    in the Department   of Veterans Affairs a Chief Strategy Officer, 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 endm ent ..............................................................................................................  2
                    Purpose and Sum m ary ............................................................................................  6
                    Background and Need for  Legislation  ...................................................................  6
                    H earings ...................................................................................................................  8
                    Subcom m ittee  Consideration  .................................................................................  9
                    Com m ittee Consideration  ........................................................................................  9
                    C om m ittee  V otes  ......................................................................................................  9
                    Com m ittee Oversight  Findings  ..............................................................................  9
                    Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ...................................  9
                    New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures .............       9
                    Earmarks and Tax and Tariff Benefits  ..................................................................  10
                    Com m ittee Cost  Estim ate  .......................................................................................  10
                    Congressional Budget Office   Estimate  ...................................................................  10
                    Federal M andates  Statem  ent  .................................................................................  11
                    Advisory Com m ittee  Statem ent  ..............................................................................  11
                    Constitutional Authority  Statem ent  ......................................................................  11
                    Applicability  to  Legislative  Branch  ........................................................................  11
                    Statement on Duplication of Federal Programs ....................................................  11
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