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H. Rept. 117-211 1 (2021-12-08)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaede0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION . 117TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-211 ORAL HEALTH LITERACY AND AWARENESS ACT OF 2021 DECEMBER 8, 2021.-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 R E P O R T [To accompany H.R. 4555] The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 4555) to amend the Public Health Service Act to au- thorize a public education campaign across all relevant programs of the Health Resources and Services Administration to increase oral health literacy and awareness, having considered the same, re- ports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. CONTENTS Page I. Purpose and Sum m ary .................................................................................. 1 II. Background and Need for the Legislation ................................................... 2 III. Committee Hearings ...................................................................................... 2 IV . Com m ittee Consideration .............................................................................. 3 V . C om m ittee V otes .......................................................................................... 3 VI. Oversight Findings ........................................................................................ 3 VII. New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures 3 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 .................. 4 XIII. Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent .................................................................... 4 XIV. Applicability to Legislative Branch .............................................................. 4 XV. Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ........................................... 5 XVI. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ........................... 5 I. PURPOSE AND SUMMARY H.R. 4555, the Oral Health Literacy and Awareness Act of 2021, would authorize a public education campaign across all rel- evant programs of the Health Resources and Services Administra- tion (HRSA) to increase oral health literacy and awareness. 29-006