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118TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-592
VETERANS EXAM EXPANSION ACT OF 2023
JULY 18, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BOST, from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 5938]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 5938) to amend the Veterans' Benefits Improvements Act
of 1996 and the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans
Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 to improve the
temporary licensure requirements for contract health care profes-
sionals who perform medical disability examinations for the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes, having con-
sidered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment
and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
A m endm ent .............................................................................................................. 2
Purpose and Sum m ary ............................................................................................ 2
Background and Need for Legislation .................................................................... 3
H earings .................................................................................................................. 4
Subcom m ittee Consideration .................................................................................. 5
Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 5
C om m ittee V otes ..................................................................................................... 5
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 5
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ................. 5
Earmarks and Tax and Tariff Benefits .................................................................. 5
Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ....................................................................................... 5
Budget Authority and Congressional Budget Office Estimate .............. 6
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 7
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent .............................................................................. 7
Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................................ 7
Statement on Duplication of Federal Programs .................................................... 7
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 7
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill as Reported .................. 8
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