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H. Rept. 115-146,Part 1 1 (2017-05-23)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaink0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED r U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 4 115TH CONGRESS REPT.115-146 1st Session J HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1 VET PROTECTION ACT OF 2017 MAY 23, 2017.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. ROE of Tennessee, from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, submitted the following REPORT together with DISSENTING VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 1461] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 1461) to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit an annual report to Congress relating to the use of official time by employees of the De- partment of Veterans Affairs, to limit the instances in which offi- cial time may be granted for certain purposes to employees of the Department, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass. CONTENTS Page A m endm ent .............................................................................................................. 2 Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................................... . 4 Background and Need for Legislation .................................................................... 4 H earings .................................................................................................................. 9 Subcom m ittee Consideration .................................................................................. 9 Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 9 C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 11 Com m ittee Correspondence .................................................................................... 15 Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 17 Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 17 Earmarks and Tax and Tariff Benefits ................................................................. 17 Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ....................................................................................... 17 Budget Authority and Congressional Budget Office Estimate .............. 17 69-006