House bill · 100th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reimburse physicians and medical facilities which give emergency treatment to certain undocumented aliens and alien commuter workers.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 4, 1988
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: May 17, 1988 — Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
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
22 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 20 Democrats
2 of 22 cosponsors (9%) are from the other party.
Jim Bates (D-CA), Howard Berman (D-CA), Robert Borski (D-PA), John Bryant (D-TX), Albert Bustamante (D-TX), Mike Espy (D-MS), Vic Fazio (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Robert Garcia (D-NY), George Leland (D-TX), Bill Lowery (R-CA), Major Owens (D-NY), Ron Packard (R-CA), Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Claude Pepper (D-FL), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Bill Richardson (D-NM), Lawrence Smith (D-FL), Esteban Torres (D-CA), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Theodore Weiss (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 100th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ronald Coleman.
- H.R. 318 (100th) Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act
- H.R. 4777 (100th) A bill to modify the boundary of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 5462 (100th) United States-Mexico Border Region Housing and Community Development Act
- H.R. 4606 (100th) United States-Mexico Border Regional Development Act of 1988
- H.R. 5156 (100th) A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a demonstration program for installation of sewer…
- H.R. 4161 (100th) A bill to re-establish the authority of the Small Business Administration to make disaster assistance loans in the case of economic injury…
Sponsor’s state and district
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.