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114TH CONGRESS REPT. 114-159
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
INCREASING REGULATORY FAIRNESS ACT OF 2015
JUNE 16, 2015.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Ways and Means,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 2507]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 2507) to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to
establish an annual rulemaking schedule for payment rates under
Medicare Advantage, having considered the same, report favorably
thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as
amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ................................................................. 2
A. PURPOSE AND SUMMARY ............................................................... 2
B. BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION .......................... 2
C. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY .................................................................... 3
II. EXPLANATION OF THE BILL ...................................................................... 3
III. VOTES OF THE COMM ITTEE ...................................................................... 4
IV. BUDGET EFFECTS OF THE BILL ............................................................. 4
A. Committee Estimate of Budgetary Effects ........................................ 4
B. Statement Regarding New Budget Authority and Tax Expendi-
tures Budget Authority ...................................................................... 4
C. Cost Estimate Prepared by the Congressional Budget Office ........... 4
V. OTHER MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED UNDER THE RULES OF THE
H O U SE ........................................................................................................ 5
A. Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations ................... 5
B. Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ............... 5
C. Information Relating to Unfunded Mandates .................................... 5
D. Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff
B en efits .............................................................................................. . 6
E. Duplication of Federal Programs ........................................................ 6
F. Disclosure of Directed Rule Makings .................................................. 6
VI. CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED 6
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