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                     115TH CONGRESS                                           REPORT
                        2d Session      HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES              115-689







                           SERVICE-DISABLED VETERANS SMALL BUSINESS
                                            CONTINUATION ACT



                      MAY 18, 2018.-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. 5044]

                               [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                       The Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to whom was referred the
                     bill (H.R. 5044) to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify
                     the treatment of certain surviving spouses under the contracting
                     goals and preferences of the Department of Veterans Affairs, hav-
                     ing considered the same, report favorably thereon without amend-
                     ment and recommend that the bill do pass.

                                                   CONTENTS
                                                                                        Page
                     Purpose and Sum m ary  ...........................................................................................  2
                     Background and Need for  Legislation  ...................................................................  2
                     H e a rin g s  ...................................................................................................................  3
                     Subcom m ittee  Consideration  .................................................................................  3
                     C om m ittee  C onsideration  .......................................................................................  3
                     C om m ittee  V otes  ......................................................................................................  3
                     C om m ittee  C orrespondence  ....................................................................................
                     Com m ittee  Oversight  Findings  ...............................................................................  3
                     Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ....................................  4
                     New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures .............   4
                     Earm arks and  Tax  and  Tariff  Benefits  .................................................................  4
                     Com m ittee  Cost  E stim ate  .......................................................................................  4
                     Congressional Budget Office  Estim ate  ...................................................................  4
                     Federal M andates  Statem ent  ................................................................................  5
                     A dvisory  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  ........................................................................  6
                     Section-by-Section  Analysis of the  Legislation  ......................................................  6
                     Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill as Reported ......................................  6
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