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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
GPO
115TH CONGRESS 1 1 REPT. 115-481
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
COMPREHENSIVE OPERATIONS, SUSTAINABILITY, AND
TRANSPORT ACT OF 2017
DECEMBER 21, 2017.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BRADY of Texas, from the Committee on Ways and Means,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 3729]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 3729) to amend titles XI and XVIII of the Social Security
Act to facilitate provider and supplier cost reporting of ambulance
services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes, hav-
ing considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amend-
ment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ............................................................... 4
A. Purpose and Sum m ary .................................................................... 4
B. Background and Need for Legislation ............................................ 4
C. Legislative H istory ........................................................................... 5
II. EXPLANATION OF THE BILL ................................................................... 5
A. Comprehensive Operations, Sustainability and Transport Act
of 20 17 ............................................................................................. 5
III. VOTES OF THE COMMITTEE .................................................................... 7
IV. BUDGET EFFECTS OF THE BILL .......................................................... 7
A. Committee Estimate of Budgetary Effects ...................................... 7
B. Statement Regarding New Budget Authority and Tax Expendi-
tures Budget Authority .................................................................. 7
C. Cost Estimate Prepared by the Congressional Budget Office ....... 7
V. OTHER MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED UNDER THE RULES OF
TH E H O U SE .............................................................................................. 13
A. Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations ................. 13
B. Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ............. 13
C. Information Relating to Unfunded Mandates ................................ 13
D. Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited
Tariff Benefits ................................................................................. 13
E. Duplication of Federal Program s ..................................................... 13
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