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118TH CONGRESS [REPT. 118-955
2d Session j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
PRESERVING EMERGENCY ACCESS IN KEY SITES ACT
DECEMBER 27, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. SMITH of Missouri, from the Committee on Ways and Means,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 7931]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 7931) to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to
update the fee schedule for ambulance services provided by critical
access hospitals, having considered the same, reports favorably
thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as
amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ............................................................... 2
A. Purpose and Sum m ary ..................................................................... 2
B. Background and Need for Legislation .................... 2
C. Legislative H istory ........................................................................... . 3
B ackground ................................................................................ . 3
Com m ittee H earings ................................................................... 3
Com m ittee A ction ....................................................................... 3
D . Designated H earing .......................................................................... 3
II. EXPLANATION OF THE BILL .................................................................. 3
A . Reasons for Change .......................................................................... 3
B. Explanation of Provisions ................................................................. 3
C . E ffective D ate ................................................................................... . 4
III. VOTES OF THE COMM ITTEE ................................................................... 4
IV. BUDGET EFFECTS OF THE BILL ............................................................ 5
A. Committee Estimate of Budgetary Effects .................. 5
B. Statement Regarding New Budget Authority and Tax Expendi-
tures Budget Authority .................................................................. 5
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