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The report may be folded into another report to the same committees

To protect regular order for budgeting for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes, section 1, Sec. 1. Written by .

The report may be folded into another report to the same committees

The document says “can”Who acts: Secretary of Veterans AffairsHow: statuteSec. 1 in the PDF
What the document says

“Reports submitted pursuant to clause (i) may be submitted by incorporating their contents into other congressionally mandated reports to the committees described in such clause.”

To protect regular order for budgeting for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes, Sec. 1

The annual report need not stand alone. Its contents may instead be carried inside another report Congress has already required the Department to send to the same two committees.

What the document actually says

“Reports submitted pursuant to clause (i) may be submitted by incorporating their contents into other congressionally mandated reports to the committees described in such clause.”

To protect regular order for budgeting for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes, Sec. 1
That sentence, in plain words

The VA does not have to send this report on its own. It can put the facts inside another report to the same groups.

What this is about

Congress asks the VA for many reports. This lets the VA join them up. The facts still have to be in there.

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  1. The document itself

    Protect regular order for budgeting for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Public Law 119-33, sec. 1, 139 Stat. 483 (2025).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ33/html/PLAW-119publ33.htm

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    “The report may be folded into another report to the same committees,” Protect regular order for budgeting for the Department of Veterans Affairs, section 1, Sec. 1. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-33/proposal/sec01-report-may-be-folded-in/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).

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