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H. Rept. 118-457 1 (2024-04-12)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxagcq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 118TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-457 VETERAN FRAUD REIMBURSEMENT ACT APRIL 12, 2024.-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 REPORT [To accompany H.R. 4016] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 4016) to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the repayment by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of benefits mis- used by a fiduciary, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. CONTENTS Page Amendment Purpose and Summary..................................................1 Background and Need for Legislation. ......................................2 H earings ..................................................................................... ................ 3 Subcommittee Consideration.............................................3 Committee Consideration................................................3 Committee Votes.......................................................3 Committee Oversight Findings...........................................3 Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ......................3 Earmarks and Tax and Tariff Benefits .....................................4 Committee Cost Estimate................................................4 Budget Authority and Congressional Budget Office Estimate ...................4 Federal Mandates Statement.............................................5 Advisory Committee Statement...........................................5 Applicability to Legislative Branch........................................5 Statement on Duplication of Federal Programs ..............................5 Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...............................5 Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill as Reported.... ...... ............ 6 PURPOSE AND SUMMARY H.R. 4016, the Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act, was intro- duced by Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia on June 12, 2023. The 49-006