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H. Rept. 118-68 1 (2023-05-17)

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                     118TH CONGRESS                                          REPORT
                        1st Session    HOUSE   OF  REPRESENTATIVES           118-68







                                VET-TEC AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2023




                      MAY 17, 2023.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
                                        the Union and ordered to be printed




                             Mr. BOST, from  the Committee   on Veterans' Affairs,
                                           submitted  the following



                                              R  E   P  O  R  T


                                            [To accompany H.R. 1669]

                               [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                       The  Committee   on Veterans'  Affairs, to whom  was  referred the
                     bill (H.R. 1669) to amend title 38, United States Code, to make per-
                     manent  the  high  technology pilot program   of the Department of
                     Veterans  Affairs, and  for other purposes,  having  considered  the
                     same,  reports  favorably  thereon  with  an  amendment and rec-
                     ommends   that the bill as amended  do pass.

                                                  CONTENTS
                                                                                      Page
                     Amendment  .............................................................................................................. 2
                     Purpose and Summary ............................................................................................ 6
                     Background and Need for  Legislation  ...................................................................  7
                     Hearings ................................................................................................................... 10
                     Subcommittee Consideration .................................................................................. 11
                     Committee Consideration ........................................................................................ 12
                     Committee Votes ...................................................................................................... 12
                     Com m ittee  Oversight  Findings  ...............................................................................  14
                     Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ....................................  14
                     Earmarks and Tax and Tariff Benefits  ..................................................................  14
                     Committee Cost Estimate ....................................................................................... 14
                     Budget Authority and Congressional Budget Office Estimate      ............................  14
                     Federal M andates  Statem ent  .................................................................................  19
                     Advisory Com m ittee  Statem ent  ..............................................................................  19
                     Applicability  to  Legislative  Branch  ........................................................................  19
                     Statement on Duplication of Federal Programs ....................................................  19
                     Section-by-Section  Analysis of the  Legislation  ......................................................  19
                     Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 21

                       The amendment is   as follows:
                       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:


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