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H. Rept. 116-72 1 (2019-05-17)

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                    116TH CONGRESS                                          REPORT
                        1st Session    HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             116-72







                          VETERANS' CARE QUALITY TRANSPARENCY ACT



                      MAY 17, 2019.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
                                        the Union and ordered to be printed



                           Mr. TAKANO, from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs,
                                          submitted the following


                                              REPORT

                                            [To accompany H.R. 2372]

                              [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                      The Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to whom was referred the
                    bill (H.R. 2372) to direct the Comptroller General of the United
                    States to conduct an assessment of all memoranda of under-
                    standing and memoranda of agreement between Under Secretary of
                    Health and non-Department of Veterans Affairs entities relating to
                    suicide prevention and mental health services, having considered
                    the same, report favorably thereon    with an  amendment and rec-
                    ommend that the bill as amended do pass.

                                                 CONTENTS
                                                                                     Page
                    A m en dm en t  ..............................................................................................................  2
                    Purpose and Sum m ary  ...........................................................................................  2
                    Background and Need for  Legislation  ...................................................................  2
                    H e a rin g s  ...................................................................................................................  3
                    Subcom m ittee  Consideration  .................................................................................  4
                    C om m ittee  C onsideration  .......................................................................................  4
                    C om m ittee  V otes  ......................................................................................................  4
                    Com m ittee  Oversight  Findings  ...............................................................................  5
                    Congressional Budget Office   Estim ate  ...................................................................  5
                    Com m ittee  Cost  E stim ate  .......................................................................................  6
                    Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ....................................  6
                    New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures .............       6
                    Earm arks and  Tax  and  Tariff  Benefits  ..................................................................  6
                    Federal M andates  Statem ent  ................................................................................  6
                    A dvisory  Com m ittee  Statem ent  .............................................................................  6
                    Constitutional Authority  Statem ent  ......................................................................  7
                    Applicability  to  Legislative  Branch  .......................................................................  7
                    Statement on Duplication of Federal Programs ....................................................  7
                    Section-by-Section  Analysis of the  Legislation  ......................................................  7
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