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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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107TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 107-195
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE,
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 2001
SEPTEMBER 5, 2001.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. TAUZIN, from the Committee on Energy and Commerce,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 717]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 717) to amend the Public Health Service Act to pro-
vide for research and services with respect to Duchenne muscular
dystrophy, having considered the same, report favorably thereon
with amendments and recommend that the bill as amended do
pass.
CONTENTS
Page
A m endm ent .............................................................................................................. 2
Purpose and Sum m ary ............................................................................................ 5
Background and Need for Legislation .................................................................... 6
H earings ................................................................................................................... 6
Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 6
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 7
Com m ittee Oversight Findings .............................................................................. 7
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ................................... 7
New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 7
Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ..................................................................................... 7
Congressional Budget Office Estimate ................................................................. 7
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................ . 9
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent .............................................................................. 9
Constitutional Authority Statem ent ..................................................................... 9
Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................................ 10
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 10
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 11
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