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handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxahww0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 4 Calendar No. 279 119TH CONGRESS N E REPORT 1st Session J SENATE 119-98 THE VETPAC ACT OF 2025 DECEMBER 2, 2025.-Ordered to be printed Mr. MORAN, from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 7871 [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to which was referred the bill (S. 787) to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a commission to review operations at the Veterans Health Adminis- tration and submit to Congress reports with respect to that review, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favor- ably thereon with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass. INTRODUCTION On February 27, 2025, Senator Bill Cassidy from Louisiana in- troduced S. 787, the VetPAC Act of 2025. Senator Maizie Hirono from Hawaii is an original cosponsor of the bill and Senator Jerry Moran from Kansas was later added as a cosponsor of the bill as well. The bill was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs (hereinafter, Committee). COMMITTEE HEARINGS On March 11, 2025, the Committee held a hearing on legislation pending before the Committee, including S. 787. Testimony was re- ceived from: Mark R. Engelbaum, Assistant Secretary, Office of Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Cole Lyle, Di- rector, Veterans' Affairs and Rehabilitation, The American Legion; Ashlynne Haycock-Lohmann, Director, Government and Legislative Affairs, Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors; and Patrick 69-010