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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-243
PROTECTING BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR VETERANS
ACT OF 2017
JULY 24, 2017.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. ROE of Tennessee, from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 2749]
The Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 2749) to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve
the oversight of contracts awarded by the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans,
and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favor-
ably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do
pass.
CONTENTS
Page
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 ...................................................................................................... 4
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 4
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 4
New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 4
Earmarks and Tax and Tariff Benefits ................................................................. 5
Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ....................................................................................... 5
Congressional Budget Office Estimate ................................................................... 5
Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 5
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent ............................................................................. 5
Constitutional Authority Statem ent ...................................................................... 5
Applicability to Legislative Branch ....................................................................... 5
Statement on Duplication of Federal Programs .................................................... 5
Disclosure of Directed Rulem aking ....................................................................... 5
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 6
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill as Reported ...................................... 6
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