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H. Rept. 119-349 1 (2025-10-21)

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                     119TH CONGRESS                                          REPORT
                        1st Session  J HOUSE   OF  REPRESENTATIVES           119-349







                            PROTECTING VETERAN'S CLAIM OPTIONS ACT




                     OCTOBER 21, 2025.-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. 3834]

                               [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                       The  Committee   on Veterans'  Affairs, to whom  was  referred the
                     bill (H.R. 3834) to amend   title 38, United States Code,  to clarify
                     the jurisdiction and certain rules of evidence of the Board  of Vet-
                     erans' Appeals,  having   considered  the  same,  reports  favorably
                     thereon  with  an  amendment and recommends that the bill as
                     amended  do pass.

                                                  CONTENTS
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                     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  ...............................................................................  6
                     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  .................................................................................  10
                     Advisory Com m ittee  Statem ent  .............................................................................  10
                     Applicability  to  Legislative  Branch  ........................................................................  10
                     Statement on Duplication of Federal Programs ....................................................  11
                     Section-by-Section  Analysis of the  Legislation  .....................................................  11
                     Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported .................            11

                       The amendment is   as follows:
                       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:


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