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H. Rept. 117-223 1 (2022-01-06)

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117TH CONGRESS                                                         REPORT
2d Session         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                        117-223
ENSURING VETERANS' SMOOTH TRANSITION ACT
JANUARY 6, 2022.-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
R E P O R T
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 4673]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 4673) to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide
for the automatic enrollment of eligible veterans in patient enroll-
ment system of Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other pur-
poses, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with-
out amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose  and  Sum m ary  ............................................................................................  2
Background   and  Need  for  Legislation  ...................................................................  2
Hearings ................................................................................................................... 3
Subcom  m ittee  Consideration  .................................................................................  5
Com  m ittee  Consideration  ........................................................................................  5
Committee Votes ...................................................................................................... 5
Com  m ittee  Oversight  Findings  ..............................................................................  7
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ...................................  7
New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures .............       7
Earm  arks  and  Tax  and  Tariff Benefits  .................................................................  7
Com  m ittee  Cost  E stim ate  .......................................................................................  7
Congressional Budget Office   Estim ate  ...................................................................  7
Federal M  andates  Statem ent  .................................................................................  9
A dvisory  Com m ittee  Statem ent  .............................................................................  9
Constitutional Authority  Statem ent  .....................................................................  9
Applicability  to  Legislative  Branch  .......................................................................  9
Statement on Duplication of Federal Programs ...................................................  9
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