Veterans Health Programs bill
1997-10-07: Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs.
To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a demonstration project to evaluate the feasibility of using the Federal Employees Health Benefits program to ensure the availability of adequate health care for Medicare-eligible beneficiaries under the military health care system.
1997-11-10: Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOD.
Medicare Venipuncture Fairness Act of 1997
1998-08-05: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1552-1553)
National Bone Marrow Registry Reauthorization Act of 1998
1998-07-16: Became Public Law No: 105-196.
Employee Ownership Enhancement Act
1997-06-17: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Merchant Mariners Fairness Act of 1997
1997-03-19: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that certain educational benefits provided by an employer to children of employees shall be excludable from gross income as a scholarship.
1997-04-17: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the restriction on payment for certain hospital discharges to post-acute care imposed by section 4407 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.
1997-11-18: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Veterans Medicare Reimbursement Demonstration Act of 1997
1997-08-01: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1614-1615)
Federal Accountability and Institutional Reform in Education Act of 1997
1997-07-31: Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning.
Social Security Check Protection Act
1997-09-11: Referred to the House Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to allow revision of veterans benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error.
1997-11-21: Became Public Law No: 105-111.
Credit Union Membership Access bill
1998-08-07: Became Public Law No: 105-219.
NAFTA Accountability Act
1997-03-06: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require group health plans and group and individual health insurance coverage to provide post-delivery follow-up care for mothers and newborns discharged less than 48 hours following a vaginal delivery or less than 96 following a delivery by cesarean section.
1997-11-25: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Breast Cancer Research Extension Act of 1997
1997-03-21: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Mother Teresa of Calcutta in recognition of her outstanding and enduring contributions through humanitarian and charitable activities, and for other purposes.
1997-06-02: Became Public Law No: 105-16.
Diabetes Research Amendments of 1997
1997-04-29: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act of 1998
1998-11-12: Became Public Law No: 105-369.
Federal Procurement and Assistance Integrity Act
1997-06-11: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.