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                    118TH CONGRESS                                   REPT. 118-959
                      2d Session     HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES          Part 1







                            TREAT   AND  REDUCE OBESITY ACT OF 2024




                                   DECEMBER 27, 2024.-Ordered to be printed




                     Mr. SMITH of Missouri, from the Committee on Ways  and Means,
                                        submitted  the following



                                           REPORT


                                             together with


                             DISSENTING AND SUPPLEMENTAL VIEWS

                                          [To accompany H.R. 4818]

                     The  Committee  on Ways  and  Means,  to whom  was referred the
                   bill (H.R. 4818) to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to
                   provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obe-
                   sity, 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
                      I. SUMMARY AND  BACKGROUND   ...............................................................  3
                           A. Purpose and Sum m ary  .....................................................................  3
                           B. Background and Need for Legislation .................... 3
                           C. Legislative  H istory  ........................................................................... .  4
                               B ackground   .....................................................................................  4
                               Com m ittee  H earings  ......................................................................  4
                               Com m ittee  A ction  ...........................................................................  4
                           D . Designated  H earing  ..........................................................................  5
                     II. EXPLANATION     OF  THE  BILL   ..................................................................  5
                           A . Reasons  for  Change  ..........................................................................  5
                           B. Explanation  of Provisions  .................................................................  5
                           C . E ffective  D ate  ................................................................................... .  5
                     III. VOTES   OF  THE  COM  M ITTEE   ...................................................................  5
                     IV. BUDGET EFFECTS OF THE BILL ............................................................  8
                           A. Committee Estimate of Budgetary Effects .................. 8
                           B. Statement Regarding New Budget Authority and Tax Expendi-
                               tures Budget  Authority  ..................................................................  8
                            C. Cost Estimate Prepared by the Congressional Budget Office .......     8
                     V. OTHER  MATTERS  TO  BE DISCUSSED  UNDER  THE  RULES  OF
                         TH E H O U SE .............................................................................................  8
                           A. Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations .................     8


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