HR 2982 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Covering our FAS Allies Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 23, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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.

  1. IntroducedJun 21, 2017
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Covering our FAS Allies Act

This bill amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to permit Medicaid coverage for citizens of the Freely Associated States (the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau) lawfully residing in the United States under the Compacts of Free Association.

Cosponsors 8

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 21, 2017 to Jun 27, 2017, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNKeith EllisonOriginalJun 21, 2017
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloOriginalJun 21, 2017
D-NMMichelle Lujan GrishamOriginalJun 21, 2017
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalJun 21, 2017
D-HITulsi GabbardOriginalJun 21, 2017
D-MPGregorio Kilili Camacho SablanJun 23, 2017
D-PARobert A. BradyJun 23, 2017
D-CANorma J. TorresJun 27, 2017

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 23, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Jun 21, 2017Introduced in House
  3. Jun 21, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1391Covering our FAS Allies ActIdentical billJun 21, 2017
S 3660Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2018Related billNov 27, 2018
HR 5942Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2018Related billOct 19, 2018

Subjects

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

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Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 21, 2017Introduced in House

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