US SB3162 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 57-2-1)
Status: Engrossed on April 13 2010 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-09-23 - Message received in the Senate: Returned to the Senate pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1653.
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Summary

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include children of Vietnam War and certain Korean War veterans receiving care and services through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for spina bifida-related medical conditions and children of women Vietnam veterans born with certain birth defects as meeting the definition of minimum essential coverage under requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).

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Title

A bill to clarify the health care provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that constitutes minimum essential coverage.

Sponsors

Sen. Daniel Akaka [D-HI]Sen. Max Baucus [D-MT]Sen. Evan Bayh [D-IN]Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]
Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D-NM]Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]Sen. Roland Burris [D-IL]Sen. Robert Byrd [D-WV]Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]
Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]Sen. Kent Conrad [D-ND]
Sen. Christopher Dodd [D-CT]Sen. Byron Dorgan [D-ND]Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]Sen. Russell Feingold [D-WI]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]Sen. Kay Hagan [D-NC]
Sen. Tom Harkin [D-IA]Sen. Daniel Inouye [D-HI]Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]Sen. Edward Kaufman [D-DE]
Sen. John Kerry [D-MA]Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]Sen. Herb Kohl [D-WI]Sen. Mary Landrieu [D-LA]
Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]Sen. Carl Levin [D-MI]Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I-CT]
Sen. Blanche Lincoln [D-AR]Sen. Claire McCaskill [D-MO]Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]
Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]Sen. Benjamin Nelson [D-NE]
Sen. Mark Pryor [D-AR]Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]Sen. Harry Reid [D-NV]Sen. John Rockefeller [D-WV]
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]Sen. Arlen Specter [D-PA]
Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]Sen. Mark Udall [D-CO]Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]
Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]Sen. Jim Webb [D-VA]Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

History

DateChamberAction
2010-09-23 Message received in the Senate: Returned to the Senate pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1653.
2010-09-23 Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1653, papers are returned to the Senate.
2010-04-13 Held at the desk.
2010-04-13 Received in the House.
2010-03-26 Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S2165)
2010-03-26 Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2165)
2010-03-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2026)
2010-03-24 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2026)

Same As/Similar To

HB5014 (Related) 2010-05-27 - Became Public Law No: 111-173.
HR1653 (Similar To) 2010-09-23 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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