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House bill · 100th Congress · Did not become law

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the per diem rates for payments by the Veterans' Administration to States for domiciliary care and nursing home care provided to veterans in State homes, and for other purposes.

H.R. 1659Introduced Mar 17, 1987Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsor: Rep. Timothy Penny D-MN
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Where it went

Latest action: Mar 29, 1988 — Certain Provisions Included in H.R.2616.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

55 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 38 Democrats

15 of 55 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.

Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Douglas Applegate (D-OH), Les AuCoin (D-OR), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), John Bryant (D-TX), Dan Burton (R-IN), Jack Davis (R-IL), Robert Davis (R-MI), Brian Donnelly (D-MA), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Robert Dornan (R-CA), Wayne Dowdy (D-MS), Thomas Downey (D-NY), Bernard Dwyer (D-NJ), Don Edwards (D-CA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Walter Fauntroy (D-DC), Vic Fazio (D-CA), James Florio (D-NJ), Barney Frank (D-MA), Jamie Fuster (D-PR), Kenneth Gray (D-IL), John Hammerschmidt (R-AR), Claude Harris (D-AL), George Hochbrueckner (D-NY), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Jim Jontz (D-IN), Paul Kanjorski (D-PA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA) and 25 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 100th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Timothy Penny.

Sponsor’s state and district

Minnesota in Congress · MN-1 district

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Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.