House bill · 102nd Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish outpatient medical services for any disability of a former prisoner of war.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 22, 1991
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
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Latest action: Mar 22, 1991 — Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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
110 cosponsors — 40 Republicans, 70 Democrats
40 of 110 cosponsors (36%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Jim Bacchus (D-FL), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), David Bonior (D-MI), George Brown (D-CA), John Bryant (D-TX), Dan Burton (R-IN), Jim Chapman (D-TX), Ronald Coleman (D-TX), Gary Condit (D-CA), John Conyers (D-MI), E. De La Garza (D-TX), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Butler Derrick (D-SC), William Dickinson (R-AL), Brian Donnelly (D-MA), Thomas Downey (D-NY), Bernard Dwyer (D-NJ), Joseph Early (D-MA), Bill Emerson (R-MO), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Ben Erdreich (D-AL), Lane Evans (D-IL), Edward Feighan (D-OH), Hamilton Fish (R-NY), Harold Ford (D-TN), Barney Frank (D-MA), Gary Franks (R-CT) and 80 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 102nd Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Douglas Applegate.
- H.R. 1046 (102nd) Veterans' Compensation Rate Amendments of 1991
- H.R. 5008 (102nd) Veterans' Benefits Act of 1992
- H.R. 1047 (102nd) Veterans' Benefits Programs Improvement Act of 1991
- H.R. 4244 (102nd) Veterans' Compensation Rate Amendments of 1992
- H.J.Res. 87 (102nd) Designating April 9, 1991, and April 9, 1992, as "National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day".
- H.J.Res. 57 (102nd) To designate December 7, 1991, as "National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day" on the occasion of the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.