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H. Rept. 118-660 1 (2024-09-10)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxagmu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP 118TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-660 JUSTICE FOR ALS VETERANS ACT OF 2023 SEPTEMBER 10, 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. 3790] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 3790) to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend increased dependency and indemnity compensation paid to sur- viving spouses of veterans who die from amyotrophic lateral scle- rosis, regardless of how long the veterans had such disease prior to death, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. CONTENTS Page A m endm ent ............................................................................................................. 2 Purpose and Sum m ary ............................................................................................ 2 Background and Need for Legislation .................................................................... 2 H earings .................................................................................................................. 4 Subcom m ittee Consideration .................................................................................. 5 Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 5 C om m ittee V otes ..................................................................................................... 5 Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 5 Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ................. 6 Earmarks and Tax and Tariff Benefits .................................................................. 6 Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ....................................................................................... 6 Budget Authority and Congressional Budget Office Estimate .............. 6 Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 9 Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent .............................................................................. 9 Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................................ 9 Statement on Duplication of Federal Programs .................................................... 9 Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ...................................................... 9 Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ................. 10 The amendment is as follows: 49-006