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118TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-659
VETERAN APPEALS TRANSPARENCY ACT OF 2024
SEPTEMBER 10, 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. 5870]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 5870) to amend title 38, United States Code, to make cer-
tain improvements to the processing of claims for benefits under
the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the
transparency of actions of Board of Veterans' Appeals, and for
other purposes, having considered 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 .................................................................... 2
H earings .................................................................................................................. 3
Subcom m ittee Consideration .................................................................................. 4
Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 4
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 .............. 5
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 6
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent .............................................................................. 6
Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................................ 6
Statement on Duplication of Federal Programs .................................................... 6
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 6
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ................. 7
The amendment is as follows:
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