House bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
Health Coverage Availability and Affordability Act of 1996
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 12, 1996
- Committee actionMar 20, 1996
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 29, 1996 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 249.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3070.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-497 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on March 25, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 25, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/497
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3070, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/3070
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 29, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2e86c8bf43c9090970757aba3c802cf99139caccb80b59757901ca725e9513fc
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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
7 cosponsors — 7 Republicans
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), J. Hastert (R-IL), Scott Klug (R-WI), Charles Norwood (R-GA), Cliff Stearns (R-FL), Gerald Weller (R-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Bilirakis.
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- H.R. 65 (104th) Military Retirement Equity Act of 1995
- H.R. 109 (104th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that the effective date for discontinuance of compensation and pension paid by the…
- H.R. 303 (104th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit retired members of the Armed Forces who have service-connected disabilities to receive…
- H.R. 104 (104th) Subsidy Termination for Overdue Payments Act of 1995
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.