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H. Rept. 118-591 1 (2024-07-18)

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                     118TH CONGRESS                                          REPORT
                        2d Session     HOUSE   OF  REPRESENTATIVES           118-591







                             VETERANS' COMPENSATION COST-OF-LIVING
                                       ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 2024




                      JULY 18, 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. 7777]

                               [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                       The  Committee   on Veterans'  Affairs, to whom  was  referred the
                     bill (H.R. 7777) to increase, effective as of December  1, 2024, the
                     rates of compensation  for veterans  with service-connected  disabil-
                     ities and the rates of dependency  and  indemnity  compensation   for
                     the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and  for other purposes,
                     having  considered  the  same,  reports  favorably thereon   without
                     amendment   and  recommends   that the bill do pass.

                                                  CONTENTS

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                     A m endm ent ..............................................................................................................
                     Purpose and Sum m ary  ............................................................................................  2
                     Background and Need for  Legislation  ....................................................................  2
                     H earings ..................................................................................................................  3
                     Subcom m ittee  Consideration  ..................................................................................  3
                     Com m ittee  Consideration  ........................................................................................  4
                     C om m ittee  V otes  .....................................................................................................  4
                     Com m ittee  Oversight Findings  ...............................................................................  4
                     Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................             4
                     Earmarks and Tax and Tariff Benefits  ..................................................................  4
                     Com m ittee  Cost  Estim ate  .......................................................................................  4
                     Budget Authority and Congressional Budget Office Estimate      ..............       4
                     Federal M andates  Statem ent  .................................................................................  5
                     Advisory Com m ittee  Statem ent  ..............................................................................  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


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