HRES 267 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there is a need to protect and strengthen Medicare beneficiaries' access to quality health care in rural America.

Introduced Jun 10, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Doug Bereuter R-NE

Latest action · Jun 24, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.

IntroducedJun 10, 2003
Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

Supports payment rates for rural physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers that are adequate, and equitable to their urban counterparts. Encourages Federal efforts to address the current inequities in Medicare reimbursement rates and to ensure access to quality, affordable health care.

Cosponsors 28

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 10, 2003 to Jun 3, 2004; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MI	Bart Stupak	Original	Jun 10, 2003
R-PA	Bill Shuster	Original	Jun 10, 2003
R-NC	Charles H. Taylor	Original	Jun 10, 2003
D-TX	Charles W. Stenholm	Original	Jun 10, 2003
D-NY	Edolphus Towns	Original	Jun 10, 2003
R-WA	George R. Nethercutt Jr.	Original	Jun 10, 2003
R-IA	James A. Leach	Original	Jun 10, 2003
D-MN	James L. Oberstar	Original	Jun 10, 2003
R-KS	Jerry Moran	Original	Jun 10, 2003
R-PA	John E. Peterson	Original	Jun 10, 2003
R-NY	John E. Sweeney	Original	Jun 10, 2003
D-TN	John S. Tanner	Original	Jun 10, 2003
D-TN	Lincoln Davis	Original	Jun 10, 2003
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey	Original	Jun 10, 2003
R-AZ	Rick Renzi	Original	Jun 10, 2003
R-TX	Ron Paul	Original	Jun 10, 2003
R-IA	Steve King	Original	Jun 10, 2003
R-IA	Tom Latham	Original	Jun 10, 2003
R-NE	Tom Osborne	Original	Jun 10, 2003
R-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.	Original	Jun 10, 2003
R-SD	William J. Janklow	Original	Jun 10, 2003
D-GA	Jim Marshall		Jun 12, 2003
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Jun 12, 2003
R-WA	Doc Hastings		Jun 16, 2003
D-WI	Ron Kind		Jun 16, 2003
R-MT	Denny Rehberg		Jun 18, 2003
R-AR	John Boozman		Jun 18, 2003
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa		Jun 3, 2004

Committees 2

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 10, 2003
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Jun 24, 2003
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Jun 10, 2003
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Jun 19, 2003

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 24, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 19, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 10, 2003Introduced in House
Jun 10, 2003Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there is a need to protect and strengthen Medicare beneficiaries' access to quality health care in rural America.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

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Jun 10, 2003Introduced in House

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