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109TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 109-378
HEALTH CARE CHOICE ACT OF 2005
FEBRUARY 16, 2006.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. BARTON of Texas, from the Committee on Energy and
Commerce, submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 2355]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 2355) to amend the Public Health Service Act to pro-
vide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance cov-
erage offered in interstate commerce, 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 ............................................................................................ 9
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 9
H earings ................................................................................................................... 10
Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 10
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 10
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 27
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 27
New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 27
Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ....................................................................................... 27
Congressional Budget Office Estimate .................................................................. 27
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 33
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent .............................................................................. 33
Constitutional Authority Statem ent ...................................................................... 34
Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................................ 34
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 34
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 38
D issenting V iew s ..................................................................................................... 49
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