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handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxahbp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GPO 118TH CONGRESS [REPT. 118-955 2d Session j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1 PRESERVING EMERGENCY ACCESS IN KEY SITES ACT DECEMBER 27, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. SMITH of Missouri, from the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following REPORT together with DISSENTING VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 7931] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 7931) to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to update the fee schedule for ambulance services provided by critical access hospitals, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. CONTENTS Page I. SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ............................................................... 2 A. Purpose and Sum m ary ..................................................................... 2 B. Background and Need for Legislation .................... 2 C. Legislative H istory ........................................................................... . 3 B ackground ................................................................................ . 3 Com m ittee H earings ................................................................... 3 Com m ittee A ction ....................................................................... 3 D . Designated H earing .......................................................................... 3 II. EXPLANATION OF THE BILL .................................................................. 3 A . Reasons for Change .......................................................................... 3 B. Explanation of Provisions ................................................................. 3 C . E ffective D ate ................................................................................... . 4 III. VOTES OF THE COMM ITTEE ................................................................... 4 IV. BUDGET EFFECTS OF THE BILL ............................................................ 5 A. Committee Estimate of Budgetary Effects .................. 5 B. Statement Regarding New Budget Authority and Tax Expendi- tures Budget Authority .................................................................. 5 59-006