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1. H.CON.RES.210 : Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to promoting coverage of individuals under long-term care insurance.
Sponsor: Rep Shays, Christopher [CT-4] (introduced 2/5/1998)      Cosponsors (46)
Committees: House Commerce; House Ways and Means; House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 2/27/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

2. H.CON.RES.284 : Revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1998, establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1999, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003.
Sponsor: Rep Kasich, John R. [OH-12] (introduced 5/27/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Budget
House Reports: 105-555
Latest Major Action: 6/15/1998 Resolving differences -- Senate actions. Status: Senate insists on its amendment agrees to request for a conference, appoints conferees Domenici; Grassley; Nickles; Gramm; Bond; Gorton; Gregg; Snowe; Abraham; Frist; Grams; Smith, of OR; Lautenberg; Hollings; Conrad; Sarbanes; Boxer; Murray; Wyden; Feingold; Johnson; Durbin.

3. H.R.83 : To enhance and protect retirement savings.
Sponsor: Rep Schumer, Charles E. [NY-9] (introduced 1/7/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 1/31/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

4. H.R.225 : To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit certain aliens who are at least 55 years of age to obtain a 4-year nonimmigrant visitor's visa.
Sponsor: Rep McCollum, Bill [FL-8] (introduced 1/7/1997)      Cosponsors (8)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 6/4/1998 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

5. H.R.228 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow penalty-free withdrawals from IRAs for certain purposes, to increase the amount of tax deductible IRA contributions, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep McCollum, Bill [FL-8] (introduced 1/7/1997)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/7/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

6. H.R.250 : To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide authority for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to extend priority health care to veterans who served during the Persian Gulf War in Israel or Turkey.
Sponsor: Rep Quinn, Jack [NY-30] (introduced 1/7/1997)      Cosponsors (30)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 2/24/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

7. H.R.405 : To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of expanded nursing facility and in-home services for dependent individuals under the Medicare program, to provide for coverage of outpatient prescription drugs under part B of such program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Engel, Eliot L. [NY-17] (introduced 1/9/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Commerce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/27/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

8. H.R.475 : To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for offering the option of Medicare coverage through qualified provider-sponsored organizations (PSOs), and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Greenwood, James C. [PA-8] (introduced 1/21/1997)      Cosponsors (87)
Committees: House Commerce; House Ways and Means; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/30/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

9. H.R.821 : To provide for an increase in the supplemental security insurance benefit standard for long-term care recipients based on the cost of living adjustment.
Sponsor: Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] (introduced 2/25/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/3/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.

10. H.R.966 : To provide reimbursement under the Medicare Program for telehealth services, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Combest, Larry [TX-19] (introduced 3/6/1997)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Commerce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/21/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

11. H.R.1077 : To stay implementation of the plan for allocation of health care resources of the Department of Veterans Affairs until the Secretary of Veterans Affairs certifies that the Secretary, in developing such plan, took into account certain medical and nonmedical factors of veterans residing within each region to be served by a Veterans Integrated Services Network.
Sponsor: Rep Quinn, Jack [NY-30] (introduced 3/13/1997)      Cosponsors (38)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 3/21/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

12. H.R.1189 : To amend the Social Security Act and the Public Health Service Act with respect to the health of residents of rural areas, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Nussle, Jim [IA-2] (introduced 3/20/1997)      Cosponsors (62)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 4/4/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

13. H.R.1200 : To provide for health care for every American and to control the cost and enhance the quality of the health care system.
Sponsor: Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] (introduced 3/20/1997)      Cosponsors (27)
Committees: House Commerce; House Ways and Means; House Government Reform and Oversight; House National Security
Latest Major Action: 4/14/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

14. H.R.1229 : To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that affordable, comprehensive, high quality health care coverage is available through the establishment of State-based programs for children and for all uninsured pregnant women, and to facilitate access to health services, strengthen public health functions, enhance health-related research, and support other activities that improve the health of mothers and children, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Ackerman, Gary L. [NY-5] (introduced 4/8/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Commerce; House Ways and Means; House Judiciary; House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 5/5/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

15. H.R.1260 : To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a program for research and training with respect to Parkinson's disease.
Sponsor: Rep Upton, Fred [MI-6] (introduced 4/9/1997)      Cosponsors (255)
Committees: House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 4/29/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

16. H.R.1266 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to index the basis of certain assets for purposes of determining gain, to provide for the establishment of American Dream Savings Accounts, and to repeal the increase enacted in 1993 in taxes on Social Security benefits.
Sponsor: Rep Stearns, Cliff [FL-6] (introduced 4/9/1997)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 4/9/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

17. H.R.1374 : To establish a United States Health Service to provide high quality comprehensive health care for all Americans and to overcome the deficiencies in the present system of health care delivery.
Sponsor: Rep Dellums, Ronald V. [CA-9] (introduced 4/17/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Commerce; House Ways and Means; House Judiciary; House Budget
Latest Major Action: 4/29/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

18. H.R.1385 : To consolidate, coordinate, and improve employment, training, literacy, and vocational rehabilitation programs in the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [CA-25] (introduced 4/17/1997)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce; Senate Labor and Human Resources
House Reports: 105-93; Latest Conference Report: 105-659 (in Congressional Record H6604-6694)
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 105-220 [GPO: Text, PDF]

19. H.R.1398 : To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a program for research and training with respect to Parkinson's disease.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 4/17/1997)      Cosponsors (42)
Committees: House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 4/29/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

20. H.R.1464 : To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to expand and make permanent the availability of cost-effective, comprehensive acute and long-term care services to frail elderly persons through Programs of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) under the Medicare and Medicaid Programs.
Sponsor: Rep Thomas, William M. [CA-21] (introduced 4/28/1997)      Cosponsors (8)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 5/2/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

21. H.R.1558 : To authorize the relocation of the Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center, to provide for the transfer to the State of Louisiana of the current site of such Center, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Baker, Richard H. [LA-6] (introduced 5/8/1997)      Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 5/21/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

22. H.R.1574 : To amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to permit Federal employees and annuitants to elect to receive contributions into medical savings accounts under the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (FEHBP).
Sponsor: Rep Salmon, Matt [AZ-1] (introduced 5/8/1997)      Cosponsors (40)
Committees: House Government Reform and Oversight
Latest Major Action: 5/13/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.

23. H.R.1580 : To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for certain improvements in the way in which health-care resources are allocated by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Gilman, Benjamin A. [NY-20] (introduced 5/13/1997)      Cosponsors (25)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 5/19/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

24. H.R.1671 : To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide for Federal-State performance partnerships, to consolidate all nutrition programs under the Act in the Department of Health and Human Services, to extend authorizations of appropriations for programs under the Act through fiscal year 2000, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Martinez, Matthew G. [CA-31] (introduced 5/20/1997)      Cosponsors (12)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 6/17/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.

25. H.R.1682 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an exclusion of capital gains upon the sale of a principal residence.
Sponsor: Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3] (introduced 5/20/1997)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 5/20/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

26. H.R.1692 : To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to waive the 3-day prior hospitalization requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services in the case of individuals classified within certain diagnosis-related groups.
Sponsor: Rep Ensign, John [NV-1] (introduced 5/21/1997)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 5/29/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

27. H.R.1695 : To establish a Commission on Retirement Savings.
Sponsor: Rep Pomeroy, Earl [ND] (introduced 5/21/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 6/17/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

28. H.R.1764 : To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to restrict imposition of Medicaid liens and Medicaid estate recovery for long-term care services in the case of certain individuals who have received benefits under long-term care insurance policies for at least 3 years, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the carryover of reimbursement maximums for flexible spending arrangements, to allow the reimbursement of long-term care insurance premiums by FSA's, and to repeal the inclusion in income of long-term care coverage provided through FSA's.
Sponsor: Rep Hill, Rick [MT] (introduced 6/3/1997)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Commerce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 6/18/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

29. H.R.2015 : To provide for reconciliation pursuant to subsections (b)(1) and (c) of section 105 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1998.
Sponsor: Rep Kasich, John R. [OH-12] (introduced 6/24/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Budget
House Reports: 105-149; Latest Conference Report: 105-217 (in Congressional Record H6029-6298)
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 105-33 [GPO: Text, PDF]
Note: Line item veto by President on August 11, 1997: Presidential Cancellation Number 97-3. Disapproval bill introduced in Senate on September 3, 1997: S. 1144 . Disapproval bill introduced in House on September 9, 1997: H.R. 2436 .

30. H.R.2020 : To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of community attendant services under the Medicaid program.
Sponsor: Rep Gingrich, Newt [GA-6] (introduced 6/24/1997)      Cosponsors (76)
Committees: House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 7/1/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

31. H.R.2158 : Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, Jerry [CA-40] (introduced 7/11/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Appropriations; Senate Appropriations
House Reports: 105-175; Latest Conference Report: 105-297 (in Congressional Record H8323-8361)
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 105-65 [GPO: Text, PDF]
Note: Line item veto by President on November 1, 1997: Presidential Cancellation Numbers 97-65 though 97-71. [CR 11/3/1997 S11598-11599]

32. H.R.2206 : To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs for homeless veterans, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Stearns, Cliff [FL-6] (introduced 7/22/1997)      Cosponsors (9)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs; Senate Veterans' Affairs
House Reports: 105-293
Latest Major Action: 10/7/1997 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs.

33. H.R.2264 : Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Porter, John Edward [IL-10] (introduced 7/25/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Appropriations; Senate Appropriations
House Reports: 105-205; Latest Conference Report: 105-390 (in Congressional Record H10210-10304)
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 105-78 [GPO: Text, PDF]

34. H.R.2310 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from income capital gain from the sale of a principal residence.
Sponsor: Rep Porter, John Edward [IL-10] (introduced 7/30/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 7/30/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

35. H.R.3475 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for the health insurance costs of all individuals who are not eligible to participate in employer-subsidized health plans.
Sponsor: Rep Johnson, Nancy L. [CT-6] (introduced 3/17/1998)      Cosponsors (11)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 3/17/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

36. H.R.3514 : To prevent violence against women, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] (introduced 3/19/1998)      Cosponsors (149)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Education and the Workforce; House Ways and Means; House Commerce; House Banking and Financial Services; House National Security; House Government Reform and Oversight
Latest Major Action: 5/5/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

37. H.R.3624 : To amend the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Older Americans Act of 1965, the Public Health Service Act, and the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 to ensure that older women are protected from institutional, community, and domestic violence and sexual assault and to improve outreach efforts and other services available to older women victimized by such violence, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] (introduced 4/1/1998)      Cosponsors (46)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce; House Judiciary; House Commerce; House Banking and Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 5/5/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.

38. H.R.3628 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a deduction for amounts paid for insurance for medical care.
Sponsor: Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] (introduced 4/1/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 4/1/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

39. H.R.3683 : To provide for each American the opportunity to provide for his or her retirement through a S.A.F.E. account, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Sessions, Pete [TX-5] (introduced 4/1/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Government Reform and Oversight
Latest Major Action: 4/9/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.

40. H.R.3980 : To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authority for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to treat illnesses of Persian Gulf War veterans, to provide authority to treat illnesses of veterans which may be attributable to future combat service, and to revise the process for determining priorities for research relative to the health consequences of service in the Persian Gulf War, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Stearns, Cliff [FL-6] (introduced 6/3/1998)      Cosponsors (43)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs; Senate Veterans' Affairs
House Reports: 105-626
Latest Major Action: 8/31/1998 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs.

41. H.R.3998 : To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make payments to each State for the operation of a comprehensive health insurance plan ensuring health insurance coverage for individuals and families in the State, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Obey, David R. [WI-7] (introduced 6/5/1998)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Commerce; House Ways and Means; House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 6/29/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

42. H.R.4099 : To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Riggs, Frank [CA-1] (introduced 6/19/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 6/19/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

43. H.R.4110 : To provide a cost-of-living adjustment in rates of compensation paid to veterans with service-connected disabilities, to make various improvements in education, housing, and cemetery programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Stump, Bob [AZ-3] (introduced 6/23/1998)      Cosponsors (18)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs; Senate Veterans' Affairs
House Reports: 105-627
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 105-368 [GPO: Text, PDF]

44. H.R.4155 : To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend the authority of State Medicaid fraud control units to investigate and prosecute fraud in connection with Federal health care programs and abuse of residents of board and care facilities.
Sponsor: Rep Lazio, Rick [NY-2] (introduced 6/25/1998)      Cosponsors (15)
Committees: House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 7/9/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

45. H.R.4194 : Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, Jerry [CA-40] (introduced 7/8/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Appropriations
House Reports: 105-610; Latest Conference Report: 105-769 (in Congressional Record H9359-9437)
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 105-276 [GPO: Text, PDF]

46. H.R.4274 : Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Porter, John Edward [IL-10] (introduced 7/20/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Appropriations
House Reports: 105-635
Latest Major Action: 10/8/1998 House floor actions. Status: Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 4274 as unfinished business.

47. H.R.4328 : Making omnibus consolidated and emergency appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Wolf, Frank R. [VA-10] (introduced 7/24/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Appropriations
House Reports: 105-648; Latest Conference Report: 105-825 (in Congressional Record H11044-11545)
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 105-277 [GPO: Text, PDF]
Note: Enrolled (ENR) version not published. See law text for final version of bill and conference report for joint explanatory statement.

48. H.R.4349 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an exception from penalty tax and exclusion from income for certain amounts withdrawn from certain retirement plans for qualified long-term care insurance and a credit for taxpayers with certain persons requiring custodial care in their households.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 7/29/1998)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 7/29/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

49. H.R.4367 : To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide priority health care to veterans who received one or more nasopharyngeal radium irradiation treatments during active military, naval, or air service.
Sponsor: Rep Evans, Lane [IL-17] (introduced 7/31/1998)      Cosponsors (11)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 8/12/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

50. H.R.4374 : To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that health-care benefits shall be furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs to veterans with tobacco-related illnesses in accordance with the standards in effect under Department of Veterans Affairs General Counsel opinions issued before the enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.
Sponsor: Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] (introduced 7/31/1998)      Cosponsors (10)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 8/12/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

51. H.R.4401 : To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the establishment of a program under which long-term care insurance may be obtained by Federal employees and annuitants.
Sponsor: Rep Mica, John L. [FL-7] (introduced 8/5/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Government Reform and Oversight
Latest Major Action: 8/17/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.

52. H.R.4472 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for the long-term care insurance costs of all individuals who are not eligible to participate in employer-subsidized long-term care health plans.
Sponsor: Rep Johnson, Nancy L. [CT-6] (introduced 8/6/1998)      Cosponsors (21)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 8/6/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

53. H.R.4533 : To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to rectify overpayment to certain long-term care hospitals.
Sponsor: Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] (introduced 9/9/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 9/9/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

54. H.R.4542 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the marriage penalty, to encourage health coverage, to allow the nonrefundable personal credits against the alternative minimum tax, and to extend permanently certain expiring provisions, and to amend the Social Security Act to increase the earnings limitation.
Sponsor: Rep Johnson, Nancy L. [CT-6] (introduced 9/10/1998)      Cosponsors (50)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 9/10/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

55. H.R.4591 : To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for home health case manager services under the Medicare Program.
Sponsor: Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] (introduced 9/17/1998)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 9/30/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

56. H.R.4603 : To establish a portable retirement option for political appointees and congressional employees.
Sponsor: Rep Sessions, Pete [TX-5] (introduced 9/18/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Government Reform and Oversight; House Oversight
Latest Major Action: 9/22/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.

57. H.R.4650 : To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend the authority of State Medicaid fraud control units to investigate and prosecute fraud in connection with Federal health care programs and abuse of residents of board and care facilities.
Sponsor: Rep Lazio, Rick [NY-2] (introduced 9/28/1998)      Cosponsors (12)
Committees: House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 9/30/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

58. H.R.4723 : To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to deduct a children's contribution from the amount of income applied monthly to payment for the cost of care in an institution for an individual receiving medical assistance under a State Medicaid plan.
Sponsor: Rep Manzullo, Donald A. [IL-16] (introduced 10/7/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 10/14/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

59. S.CON.RES.86 : An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003 and revising the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1998.
Sponsor: Sen Domenici, Pete V. [NM] (introduced 3/20/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Budget
Senate Reports: 105-170
Latest Major Action: 4/2/1998 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Resolution agreed to in Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 57-41. Record Vote No: 84.

60. S.CON.RES.95 : A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress with respect to promoting coverage of individuals under long-term care insurance.
Sponsor: Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT] (introduced 5/12/1998)      Cosponsors (10)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 5/12/1998 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Finance.

61. S.24 : A bill to provide improved access to health care, enhance informed individual choice regarding health care services, lower health care costs through the use of appropriate providers, improve the quality of health care, improve access to long-term care, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Specter, Arlen [PA] (introduced 1/21/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/12/1997 Senate floor actions. Status: Second Star Print ordered on the bill.

62. S.146 : A bill to permit medicare beneficiaries to enroll with qualified provider-sponsored organizations under title XVIII of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Rockefeller, John D., IV [WV] (introduced 1/21/1997)      Cosponsors (10)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/20/1997 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Finance. Hearings held.

63. S.386 : A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to protect and improve the medicare program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Wyden, Ron [OR] (introduced 3/3/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/3/1997 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

64. S.390 : A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide for Federal-State performance partnerships, to consolidate all nutrition programs under the Act in the Department of Health and Human Services, to extend authorizations of appropriations for programs under the Act through fiscal year 2000, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. [MD] (introduced 3/4/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Labor and Human Resources
Latest Major Action: 3/4/1997 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

65. S.415 : A bill to amend the medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve rural health services, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Baucus, Max [MT] (introduced 3/10/1997)      Cosponsors (10)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/10/1997 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

66. S.535 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a program for research and training with respect to Parkinson's disease.
Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 4/9/1997)      Cosponsors (64)
Committees: Senate Labor and Human Resources
Latest Major Action: 4/9/1997 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

67. S.714 : An Act to extend and improve the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Pilot Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to extend certain authorities of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to services for homeless veterans, to extend certain other authorities of the Secretary, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Akaka, Daniel K. [HI] (introduced 5/7/1997)      Cosponsors (8)
Committees: Senate Veterans' Affairs
Senate Reports: 105-123
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 105-114 [GPO: Text, PDF]

68. S.720 : A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to expand and make permanent the availablity of cost-effective, comprehensive acute and long-term care services to frail elderly persons through Programs of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) under the medicare and medicaid programs.
Sponsor: Sen Grassley, Chuck [IA] (introduced 5/8/1997)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 5/8/1997 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

69. S.879 : A bill to provide for home and community-based services for individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Feingold, Russell D. [WI] (introduced 6/11/1997)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 6/11/1997 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

70. S.914 : A bill to establish a prospective payment system under the medicare program for skilled nursing facility services.
Sponsor: Sen Hatch, Orrin G. [UT] (introduced 6/16/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 6/16/1997 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

71. S.945 : A bill to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in the medicaid program.
Sponsor: Sen Breaux, John B. [LA] (introduced 6/20/1997)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 6/20/1997 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

72. S.947 : An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 104(a) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1998.
Sponsor: Sen Domenici, Pete V. [NM] (introduced 6/20/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Budget
Latest Major Action: 6/25/1997 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 73-27. Record Vote No: 130.

73. S.987 : A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize a cost-of-living adjustment in the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of such veterans and to revise and improve certain veterans compensation, pension, and memorial affairs programs; and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Specter, Arlen [PA] (by request) (introduced 7/7/1997)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Veterans' Affairs
Senate Reports: 105-120
Latest Major Action: 10/29/1997 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 233.

74. S.1017 : A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a presumption of total disability for certain individuals for purposes of nonservice-connected disability pension.
Sponsor: Sen Specter, Arlen [PA] (introduced 7/15/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 7/15/1997 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs.

75. S.1034 : An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices for fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Bond, Christopher S. [MO] (introduced 7/17/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Appropriations
Senate Reports: 105-53
Latest Major Action: 10/3/1997 Senate floor actions. Status: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.

76. S.1061 : An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Specter, Arlen [PA] (introduced 7/24/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Appropriations
Senate Reports: 105-58
Latest Major Action: 9/11/1997 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 92-8. Record Vote No: 235.

77. S.1122 : A bill to establish a national registry of abusive and criminal patient care workers and to require criminal background checks of patient care workers.
Sponsor: Sen Kohl, Herb [WI] (introduced 7/31/1997)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 7/31/1997 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

78. S.1364 : A bill to eliminate unnecessary and wasteful Federal reports.
Sponsor: Sen McCain, John [AZ] (introduced 11/4/1997)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Governmental Affairs; House Government Reform and Oversight
Senate Reports: 105-187
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 105-362 [GPO: Text, PDF]

79. S.1754 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to consolidate and reauthorize health professions and minority and disadvantaged health professions and disadvantaged health education programs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Frist, William H. [TN] (introduced 3/12/1998)      Cosponsors (11)
Committees: Senate Labor and Human Resources
Senate Reports: 105-220
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 105-392 [GPO: Text, PDF]

80. S.1822 : A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize provision of care to veterans treated with nasopharyngeal radium irradiation.
Sponsor: Sen Specter, Arlen [PA] (introduced 3/23/1998)      Cosponsors (10)
Committees: Senate Veterans' Affairs
Senate Reports: 105-344
Latest Major Action: 9/22/1998 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 597.

81. S.1890 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.
Sponsor: Sen Daschle, Thomas A. [SD] (introduced 3/31/1998)      Cosponsors (31)
Committees: Senate Labor and Human Resources
Latest Major Action: 3/31/1998 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

82. S.1891 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.
Sponsor: Sen Daschle, Thomas A. [SD] (introduced 3/31/1998)      Cosponsors (31)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/31/1998 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

83. S.1997 : A bill to protect the right of a member of a health maintenance organization to receive continuing care at a facility selected by that member.
Sponsor: Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. [MD] (introduced 4/28/1998)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: Senate Labor and Human Resources
Latest Major Action: 4/28/1998 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

84. S.2040 : A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend the authority of State medicaid fraud control units to investigate and prosecute fraud in connection with Federal health care programs and abuse of residents of board and care facilities.
Sponsor: Sen Baucus, Max [MT] (introduced 5/7/1998)      Cosponsors (11)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 5/7/1998 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

85. S.2114 : A bill to amend the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Older Americans Act of 1965, and the Public Health Service Act to ensure that older women are protected from institutional, community, and domestic violence and sexual assault and to improve outreach efforts and other services available to older women victimized by such violence, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Durbin, Richard [IL] (introduced 5/22/1998)      Cosponsors (20)
Committees: Senate Labor and Human Resources
Latest Major Action: 5/22/1998 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

86. S.2168 : An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Bond, Christopher S. [MO] (introduced 6/12/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Appropriations
Senate Reports: 105-216
Latest Major Action: 7/17/1998 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote.

87. S.2440 : An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Specter, Arlen [PA] (introduced 9/8/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Appropriations
Senate Reports: 105-300
Latest Major Action: 9/8/1998 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 539.

88. S.2477 : A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the establishment of a program under which long-term care insurance may be obtained by Federal employees and annuitants.
Sponsor: Sen Grassley, Chuck [IA] (introduced 9/16/1998)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 9/16/1998 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.

89. S.2492 : A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for the long-term care insurance costs of all individuals who are not eligible to participate in employer-subsidized long-term care health plans.
Sponsor: Sen Grassley, Chuck [IA] (introduced 9/17/1998)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 9/17/1998 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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