38 U.S.C. § 116 — Reports to Congress: cost information

submitted 26 years ago by Pub. L. 106-419 to r/title-38-VETERANS-BENEFITS · 63 words · no verdicts yet

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Whenever the VA Secretary sends Congress a required report, two extra items must be included. One is how much the report cost to prepare. The other is a short explanation of how that cost was calculated.

Whenever the Secretary of Veterans Affairs sends a report to Congress, or to a congressional committee, because a law or a conference committee's joint explanatory statement requires it, the Secretary must attach two things to that report: (1) a statement of how much it cost to prepare the report; and (2) a brief explanation of how that cost figure was calculated.

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Whenever the Secretary submits to Congress, or any committee of Congress, a report that is required by law or by a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference of the Congress, the Secretary shall include with the report—

(1)

a statement of the cost of preparing the report; and

(2)

a brief explanation of the methodology used in preparing that cost statement.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 106–419, title IV, § 403(d)(1)(A), Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1864.)

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2000Enacted · Pub. L. 106-419 · 114 Stat. 1864

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 106-419 on 2000-11-01.

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