1 Union Calendar No. 882 115TH CONGRESS " ! REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115–1115 REPORT ON THE LEGISLATIVE AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS DURING THE 115TH CONGRESS JANUARY 2, 2019.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 33–946 WASHINGTON : 2019 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:53 Jan 15, 2019 Jkt 033946 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4012 Sfmt 4012 E:\HR\OC\HR1115.XXX HR1115 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTS E:\Seals\Congress.#13 COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS KEVIN BRADY, Texas, Chairman SAM JOHNSON, Texas RICHARD E. NEAL, Massachusetts DEVIN NUNES, California SANDER M. LEVIN, Michigan DAVID G. REICHERT, Washington JOHN LEWIS, Georgia VERN BUCHANAN, Florida LLOYD DOGGETT, Texas PETER J. ROSKAM, Illinois MIKE THOMPSON, California ADRIAN SMITH, Nebraska JOHN B. LARSON, Connecticut LYNN JENKINS, Kansas EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon ERIK PAULSEN, Minnesota RON KIND, Wisconsin KENNY MARCHANT, Texas BILL PASCRELL, JR., New Jersey DIANE BLACK, Tennessee JOSEPH CROWLEY, New York TOM REED, New York DANNY K. DAVIS, Illinois MIKE KELLY, Pennsylvania LINDA SA´ NCHEZ, California JIM RENACCI, Ohio BRIAN HIGGINS, New York KRISTI NOEM, South Dakota TERRI SEWELL, Alabama GEORGE HOLDING, North Carolina SUZAN DELBENE, Washington JASON SMITH, Missouri JUDY CHU, California TOM RICE, South Carolina DAVID SCHWEIKERT, Arizona JACKIE WALORSKI, Indiana CARLOS CURBELO, Florida MIKE BISHOP, Michigan * DARIN LAHOOD, Illinois ** BRAD R. WENSTRUP, Ohio *** * TOM PRICE, Georgia, resigned from the Committee on Ways and Means on February 10, 2017. MIKE BISHOP, Michigan, was elected to the Committee on Ways and Means on February 14, 2017. ** PAT TIBERI, Ohio, resigned from the Committee on Ways and Means on January 11, 2018. DARIN LAHOOD, Illinois, was elected to the Committee on Ways and Means on January 9, 2018. *** PATRICK MEEHAN, Pennsylvania, resigned from the Committee on Ways and Means on April 27, 2018. BRAD R. WENSTRUP, Ohio, was elected to the Committee on Ways and Means on May 16, 2018. (II) VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:53 Jan 15, 2019 Jkt 033946 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HR1115.XXX HR1115 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, Washington, DC, January 2, 2019. Hon. KAREN HAAS, Office of the Clerk, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. DEAR MS. HAAS: I am herewith transmitting, pursuant to House Rule XI, clause 1(d), the report of the Committee on Ways and Means on its legislative and oversight activities during the 115th Congress. Sincerely, KEVIN BRADY, Chairman. (III) VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:53 Jan 15, 2019 Jkt 033946 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 7633 Sfmt 7633 E:\HR\OC\HR1115.XXX HR1115 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTS VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:53 Jan 15, 2019 Jkt 033946 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 7633 Sfmt 7633 E:\HR\OC\HR1115.XXX HR1115 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTS C O N T E N T S Page Transmittal Letter ................................................................................................... III Foreword ................................................................................................................... VII I. Legislative Activity Review ............................................................................. 1 A. Legislative Review of Tax Issues ..................................................... 1 B. Legislative Review of Trade Issues ................................................. 12 C. Legislative Review of Health Issues ................................................ 31 D. Legislative Review of Human Resources Issues ............................ 56 E. Legislative Review of Social Security Issues .................................. 65 F. Legislative Review of Oversight Issues ........................................... 67 II. Oversight Activity Review ............................................................................... 71 A. Oversight Agenda .............................................................................. 71 B. Actions Taken and Recommendations Made with Respect To Oversight Plan ................................................................................ 73 a. Oversight ........................................................................................ 73 b. Trade ............................................................................................... 88 c. Tax ................................................................................................... 117 d. Human Resources .......................................................................... 119 e. Health ............................................................................................. 120 f. Social Security ................................................................................. 122 III. Public Hearings ................................................................................................ 126 IV. Markups ............................................................................................................ 129 Appendix I. Jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means ........................ 132 Appendix II. Statistical Review of the Activities of the Committee on Ways and Means ............................................................................................................ 138 Appendix III. Chairmen & Membership of the Committee on Ways and Means from the 1st through the 115th Congresses ....................................................... 139 (V) VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:53 Jan 15, 2019 Jkt 033946 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HR1115.XXX HR1115 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTS VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:53 Jan 15, 2019 Jkt 033946 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HR1115.XXX HR1115 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTS FOREWORD The Committee on Ways and Means submits its report on its leg- islative and oversight activities for the 115th Congress pursuant to the requirements of clause 1(d) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House. Section I of the report describes the Committee’s legislative activities, divided into seven sections as follows: Legislative Review of Tax Issues; Legislative Review of Trade Issues; Legislative Re- view of Health Issues; Legislative Review of Human Resources Issues; Legislative Review of Social Security Issues; Legislative Re- view of Oversight Issues; and Legislative Review of Multi-Jurisdic- tional Issues. Section II of the report describes the Committee’s oversight ac- tivities. It includes a copy of the Committee’s Oversight Agenda, adopted on February 14, 2017, along with a description of actions taken and recommendations made with respect to the oversight plan. The report then discusses additional Committee oversight ac- tivities, and any recommendations or actions taken as a result. Finally, the report includes three appendices with Committee in- formation. Appendix I is an expanded discussion of the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means along with a revised listing and explanation of blue slip resolutions and points of order under House Rule XXI 5(a). Appendix II is a Statistical Review of the Ac- tivities of the Committee on Ways and Means. Appendix III is a listing of the Chairmen and membership of the Committee from the 1st through 115th Congress. To carry out its work during the One Hundred Fifteenth Con- gress, the Committee on Ways and Means had six standing Sub- committees, listed below with membership: SUBCOMMITTEE ON TAX POLICY VERN BUCHANAN, Florida, Chairman PETER ROSKAM, Illinois LLOYD DOGGETT, Texas DAVE REICHERT, Ohio JOHN B. LARSON, Connecticut JIM RENACCI, OHIO LINDA SA´ NCHEZ, California KRISTI NOEM, South Dakota MIKE THOMPSON, California GEORGE HOLDING, North Carolina SUZAN DELBENE, Washington JASON SMITH, Missouri EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon TOM RICE, South Carolina DAVID SCHWEIKERT, Arizona (VII) VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:53 Jan 15, 2019 Jkt 033946 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 7633 Sfmt 6646 E:\HR\OC\HR1115.XXX HR1115 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTS VIII SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRADE DAVID G. REICHERT, Washington, Chairman DEVIN NUNES, California BILL PASCRELL, New Jersey ERIK PAULSEN, Minnesota RON KIND, Wisconsin MIKE KELLY, Pennsylvania LLOYD DOGGETT, Texas TOM REED, New York SANDER M. LEVIN, Michigan KRISTI NOEM, South Dakota DANNY K. DAVIS, Illinois GEORGE HOLDING, North Carolina BRIAN HIGGINS, New York TOM RICE, South Carolina KENNY MARCHANT, Texas JASON SMITH, Missouri SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH PETER ROSKAM, Illinois, Chairman SAM JOHNSON, Texas SANDER M. LEVIN, Michigan DEVIN NUNES, California MIKE THOMPSON, California VERN BUCHANAN, Florida RON KIND, Wisconsin ADRIAN SMITH, Nebraska EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon LYNN JENKINS, Kansas BRIAN HIGGINS, New York KENNY MARCHANT, Texas TERRI A. SEWELL, Alabama DIANE BLACK, Tennessee JUDY CHU, California ERIK PAULSEN, Minnesota TOM REED, New York MIKE KELLY, Pennsylvania SUBCOMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES ADRIAN SMITH, Nebraska, Chairman JACKIE WALORSKI, Indiana DANNY K. DAVIS, Illinois CARLOS CURBELO, Florida LLOYD DOGGETT, Texas DAVID SCHWEIKERT, Arizona TERRI A. SEWELL, Alabama DARIN LAHOOD, Illinois JUDY CHU, California BRAD WENSTRUP, Ohio DAVID G. REICHERT, Washington SUBCOMMITTEE ON SOCIAL SECURITY SAM JOHNSON, Texas, Chairman MIKE BISHOP, Michigan JOHN B. LARSON, Connecticut VERN BUCHANAN, Florida BILL PASCRELL, New Jersey MIKE KELLY, Pennsylvania JOSEPH CROWLEY, New York