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H. Rept. 118-199 1 (2023-09-14)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxafqm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.GOVERNMENT INFORMATION . 118TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-199 VETERANS BENEFITS IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2023 SEPTEMBER 14, 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. 1530] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 1530) to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the requirement to publish disability benefit questionnaire forms of Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. CONTENTS Page Purpose and Summary ............................................................................................ 5 Background and Need for Legislation .................................................................... 5 Hearings ................................................................................................................... 9 Subcom m ittee Consideration ................................................................................. 9 Committee Consideration ........................................................................................ 10 Committee Votes ...................................................................................................... 10 Committee Correspondence .................................................................................... Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 10 Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 10 New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 11 Earm arks and Tax and Tariff Benefits .................................................................. 11 Committee Cost Estimate ....................................................................................... 11 Congressional Budget Office Estimate .................................................................. 11 Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 12 Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent .............................................................................. 13 Constitutional Authority Statem ent ...................................................................... 13 Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................................ 13 Statement on Duplication of Federal Programs .................................................... 13 Disclosure of Directed Rulemaking ........................................................................ Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 13 Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill as Reported ...................................... 15 39-006