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                    116TH CONGRESS                                         REPORT
                       2d Session     HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             116-517







                     SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF
                                                   2019



                      SEPTEMBER 18, 2020.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
                                    State of the Union and ordered to be printed



                       Mr. PALLONE, from the Committee on Energy and Commerce,
                                          submitted the following


                                             REPORT

                                           [To accompany H.R. 4564]

                      The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred
                    the bill (H.R. 4564) to amend the Public Health Service Act to en-
                    sure the provision of high-quality service through the Suicide Pre-
                    vention  Lifeline, and for other purposes, having   considered  the
                    same, reports   favorably  thereon  without  amendment    and   rec-
                    ommends that the bill do pass.

                                                 CONTENTS
                                                                                    Page
                       I. Purpose  and  Sum m ary  ..................................................................................  1
                       II. Background  and  Need  for the  Legislation  ...................................................  2
                     III. Com m ittee  H earings  ......................................................................................  3
                     IV . Com m ittee  Consideration  ..............................................................................  3
                     V . C om m ittee  V otes  ............................................................................................  4
                     V I. O versigh t  F in dings  .......................................................................................  4
                     VII. New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures          4
                     VIII.  Federal M andates  Statem ent  .......................................................................  4
                     IX. Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .........................  4
                     X.  Duplication  of Federal Program s  .................................................................  4
                     XI. Com m ittee  Cost  Estim ate  .............................................................................  4
                     XII. Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ..................  5
                     XIII. Advisory  Com m ittee  Statem ent  ...................................................................  5
                     XIV. Applicability  to  Legislative  Branch  .............................................................  5
                     XV. Section-by-Section  Analysis of the Legislation  ...........................................  5
                     XVI. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ...........................  6

                                         I. PURPOSE AND SUMMARY

                      H.R. 4564, the Suicide Prevention Lifeline Improvement Act of
                    2019, was introduced by Representatives John Katko (R-NY),
                    Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), and Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA), on
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