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                     116TH CONGRESS                                          REPORT
                        1st Session    HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES              116-77







                             FOSTERING INTERGOVERNMENTAL HEALTH
                             TRANSPARENCY IN VETERAN SUICIDES ACT



                      MAY 20, 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. 2340]

                               [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                       The Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to whom was referred the
                     bill (H.R. 2340) to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pro-
                     vide to Congress notice of any suicide or attempted suicide of a vet-
                     eran in a Department of Veterans Affairs facility, and for other
                     purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon
                     with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do
                     pass.

                                                  CONTENTS
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                     A m en dm en t  ..............................................................................................................  2
                     Purpose and  Sum m ary  ...........................................................................................  2
                     Background and  Need  for  Legislation  ...................................................................  3
                     H e arin g s  ...................................................................................................................  4
                     Subcom m ittee  Consideration  .................................................................................  4
                     C om m ittee  C onsideration  .......................................................................................  4
                     C om m ittee  V otes  ......................................................................................................  5
                     Com m ittee  Oversight  Findings  ...............................................................................  5
                     Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ....................................  5
                     New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures .............     5
                     Earm arks  and  Tax  and  Tariff  Benefits  .................................................................  5
                     C om m ittee  C ost  E stim ate  .......................................................................................  6
                     Congressional Budget Office  Estim ate  ...................................................................  6
                     Federal M andates  Statem ent  ................................................................................  7
                     A dvisory  Com m ittee  Statem ent  .............................................................................  7
                     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
                     Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill as Reported ......................................  8
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