Veterans Medicare Payment Act of 2002
Latest action · Jul 16, 2002 Committee Hearings Held.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 13, 2002
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 13, 2002 to Sep 17, 2002; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | Jun 13, 2002 |
| D-IL | Lane Evans | Original | Jun 13, 2002 |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Jun 20, 2002 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Jun 20, 2002 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Jun 21, 2002 | |
| D-OR | Darlene Hooley | Jun 21, 2002 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jun 21, 2002 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Jun 21, 2002 | |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | Jun 24, 2002 | |
| R-VA | Virgil H. Goode Jr. | Jun 24, 2002 | |
| D-OK | Brad Carson | Jun 26, 2002 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Jun 26, 2002 | |
| D-GU | Robert A. Underwood | Jun 27, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jul 8, 2002 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Jul 8, 2002 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Jul 9, 2002 | |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Jul 10, 2002 | |
| D-MS | Ronnie Shows | Jul 15, 2002 | |
| D-MI | Bart Stupak | Sep 4, 2002 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Sep 4, 2002 | |
| D-MI | David E. Bonior | Sep 17, 2002 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jun 13, 2002 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 26, 2002 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jun 13, 2002 |
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Jun 13, 2002Hearings Jul 16, 2002 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 16, 2002Committee Hearings Held.
- Jun 26, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 13, 2002Introduced in House
- Jun 13, 2002Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Nov 1, 2002H.R. 4939, Veterans Medicare Payment Act of 2002<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on June 13, 2002</p>
- Nov 1, 2002H.R. 4939, Veterans Medicare Payment Act of 2002Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on June 13, 2002
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 107-36 | H.R. 4939, THE VETERANS MEDICARE PAYMENT ACT OF 2002118 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jul 16, 2002 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a transfer of payment to the Department of Veterans Affairs for outpatient care furnished to Medicare-eligible veterans by the Department.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Veterans Medicare Payment Act of 2002
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 13, 2002Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
