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H. Rept. 117-306 1 (2022-05-06)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaeiy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION . 117TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-306 FEDERAL FIREFIGHTERS FAIRNESS ACT OF 2022 MAY 6, 2022.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, from the Committee on Education and Labor, submitted the following R E P O R T together with MINORITY VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 2499] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Education and Labor, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 2499) to amend chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to create a presumption that a disability or death of a Fed- eral employee in fire protection activities caused by any of certain diseases is the result of the performance of such employees duty, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favor- ably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. CONTENTS Page Purpose and Sum m ary ............................................................................................ 3 Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 4 C om m ittee V iew s .................................................................................................... 8 Section-by-Section A nalysis .................................................................................... 18 Explanation of A m endm ents .................................................................................. 19 Application of Law to the Legislative Branch ....................................................... 19 U nfunded M andate Statem ent ............................................................................... 20 E arm ark Statem ent ................................................................................................. 20 Roll Call Votes ......................................................................................................... 20 Statement of Performance Goals and Objectives .................................................. 23 Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................................ 23 Hearings ................................................................................................................... 23 Statement of Oversight Findings and Recommendations of the Committee ...... 23 New Budget Authority and CBO Cost Estimate ................................................... 23 Com m ittee Cost E stim ate ....................................................................................... 26 29-006