,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fhge  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ad1 #bjbj,ms4  
,slotkin 7for herself and ,mr4 ,van     
,drew7 introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
direct the ,comptroller ,general of the 
,united ,states to conduct a study to   
investigate the feasibility of          
establishing user fees to offset certain
 ,federal costs attributable to the     
procurement of single-source materials  
for the ,strategic ,national ,stockpile1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,,gao     
study on the feasibility and benefits of
 a ,strategic ,national ,stockpile user 
fee agreement  7a7 ,in general ,the     
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states shall conduct a study to        
investigate the feasibility of          
establishing user fees to offset certain
 ,federal costs attributable to the     
procurement of single-source materials  
for the ,strategic ,national ,stockpile 

under section #cai;,f-#b of the ,public 
,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#bdg;d-#f;b7 and distributions of such  
materials from the ,stockpile4 ,in      
conducting this study1 the ,comptroller 
,general shall consider1 to the extent  
information is available-- 7#a7 whether 
entities receiving such distributions   
generate profits from those             
distributions2  7#b7 any ,federal costs 
attributable to such distributions2     
7#c7 whether such user fees would       
provide the ,secretary with funding to  
potentially offset procurement costs of 
such materials for the ,strategic       
,national ,stockpile2 and  7#d7 any     
other issues the ,comptroller ,general  
identifies as relevant4  7b7 ,report    
,not later than ,february #a1 #bjbc1 the
 ,comptroller ,general of the ,united   
,states shall submit to the ,congress a 
report on the findings and conclusions  
of the study under subsection 7a74