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H. Rept. 115-871 1 (2018-07-24)

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                     115TH CONGRESS                                         REPORT
                        2d Session  J  HOUSE   OF REPRESENTATIVES           115-871







                            VETERANS SERVING VETERANS ACT OF 2018




                      JULY 24, 2018.-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


                                            [To accompany H.R. 5938]

                              [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                      The  Committee   on  Veterans' Affairs, to whom  was  referred the
                    bill (H.R. 5938) to amend  the VA  Choice  and Quality  Employment
                    Act  to direct the Secretary of Veterans  Affairs to establish a va-
                    cancy  and recruitment  database to facilitate the recruitment of cer-
                    tain members   of the Armed  Forces to satisfy the occupational needs
                    of the Department   of Veterans Affairs, to establish and implement
                    a  training and certification program  for intermediate care techni-
                    cians in that  Department,  and  for other purposes,  having consid-
                    ered  the same,  report favorably thereon  with an  amendment and
                    recommend   that the bill as amended  do pass.

                                                 CONTENTS

                                                                                     Page
                    Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................................... .  3
                    Background and Need for Legislation  ....................................................................  3
                    H earings ..................................................................................................................  5
                    Subcom m ittee  Consideration  ..................................................................................  6
                    Com m ittee Consideration  ........................................................................................  6
                    C om m ittee  V otes  .....................................................................................................  6
                    Com m ittee Oversight Findings  ...............................................................................  6
                    Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................             6
                    New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures .............     6
                    Earmarks and Tax and Tariff Benefits  ..................................................................  7
                    Com m ittee Cost  Estim ate  .......................................................................................  7
                    Congressional Budget Office  Estimate   ...................................................................  7
                    Federal M andates  Statem ent  .................................................................................  8
                    Advisory Com m ittee  Statem ent  ..............................................................................  8
                    Constitutional Authority  Statem ent  ......................................................................  8
                    Applicability  to  Legislative  Branch  ........................................................................  8
                    Statement on Duplication of Federal Programs ....................................................  8
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