To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit nurse-midwife services to be counted towards meeting the staffing requirements for rural health clinics under the medicare program, to provide for the coverage of social worker services in such clinics under such program, and for other purposes.

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

21 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 11 Democrats

11 of 21 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.

William Alexander (D-AR), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), James Cooper (D-TN), Robert Davis (R-MI), Bill Emerson (R-MO), Steve Gunderson (R-WI), Claude Harris (D-AL), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Martin Lancaster (D-NC), Ron Marlenee (R-MT), Glenn Poshard (D-IL), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Bill Schuette (R-MI), James Slattery (D-KS), Virginia Smith (R-NE), Arlan Stangeland (R-MN), Michael Synar (D-OK), Bob Traxler (D-MI), Harold Volkmer (D-MO), Robert Whittaker (R-KS), Ron Wyden (D-OR).

More from the sponsor

Other 101st Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Thomas Tauke.

• H.R. 401 (101st) Congressional Pay Reform Act of 1987
• H.R. 3271 (101st) Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 1989
• H.R. 1840 (101st) Child Care Assistance Act
• H.R. 4997 (101st) To permit States to waive application of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 with respect to vehicles used to transport farm…
• H.Res. 421 (101st) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Saturday mail service and other components of the current six-day service and…
• H.R. 3785 (101st) Pornography Victims Compensation Act of 1989

Sponsor’s state and district

Iowa in Congress · IA-2 district