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H. Rept. 119-371 1 (2025-11-07)

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                     119TH CONGRESS                                         REPORT
                        1st Session J  HOUSE   OF REPRESENTATIVES           119-371







                     STOP  TROUBLING RETROACTIVE INVOICES FOR VETERAN
                                         EXPENSES ACT OF 2025




                     NOVEMBER 7, 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. 3812]

                              [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                      The  Committee   on  Veterans' Affairs, to whom  was  referred the
                    bill (H.R. 3812) to amend  title 38, United States Code,  to prohibit
                    the collection of a health care copayment  by  the Secretary of Vet-
                    erans  Affairs from a veteran  under certain conditions attributable
                    to a failure of the Department   of Veterans  Affairs to process cer-
                    tain  information within  applicable timeliness  standards,  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
                    Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................................... .  2
                    Background and Need for Legislation.  ...................................................................  3
                    H earings ..................................................................................................................  4
                    Subcom m ittee  Consideration  ..................................................................................  4
                    Com m ittee Consideration  ........................................................................................  4
                    C om m ittee  V otes  .....................................................................................................  5
                    Com m ittee Oversight Findings  ...............................................................................  5
                    Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................             5
                    Earmarks and Tax and Tariff Benefits  ..................................................................  5
                    Com m ittee Cost  Estim ate  .......................................................................................  5
                    Budget Authority and Congressional Budget Office Estimate      ..............       5
                    Federal M andates  Statem ent  .................................................................................  8
                    Advisory Com m ittee  Statem ent  ..............................................................................  8
                    Applicability  to  Legislative  Branch  ........................................................................  8
                    Statement on Duplication of Federal Programs ....................................................  8
                    Section-by-Section  Analysis of the  Legislation  ......................................................  8
                    Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported .................             9
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