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H. Rept. 115-134 1 (2017-05-19)

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                    115TH CONGRESS                                         REPORT
                       1st Session    HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             115-134







                            VETERANS' COMPENSATION COST-OF-LIVING
                                      ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 2017



                      MAY 19, 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. 1329]

                              [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                      The Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to whom was referred the
                    bill (H.R. 1329) to increase, effective as of December 1, 2017, the
                    rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabil-
                    ities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for
                    the survivors of certain disabled veterans, to amend title 38,
                    United States Code, to improve the United States Court of Appeals
                    for Veterans Claims, to improve the processing of claims by the
                    Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes, having con-
                    sidered the same, report favorably thereon with amendments and
                    recommend that the bill as amended do pass.
                                                CONTENTS
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                    A m endm ent  ..............................................................................................................  2
                    Purpose and Sum m ary  ...........................................................................................  2
                    Background and Need  for  Legislation  ...................................................................  3
                    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 ....................................  5
                    New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures .............     5
                    Earmarks and Tax and  Tariff Benefits  .................................................................  5
                    Com m ittee  Cost  Estim ate  .......................................................................................  5
                    Congressional Budget Office  Estimate   ...................................................................  5
                    Federal M andates  Statem ent  .................................................................................  7
                    Advisory Com m ittee  Statem ent  .............................................................................  7
                    Constitutional Authority  Statem ent  ......................................................................  8
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