Senate bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans' Medical Programs Amendments of 1996
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 24, 1995
- Committee actionJul 24, 1996
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 1996 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 635.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1359.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 104-372 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 26, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 26, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/SRPT/372
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1359, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/s/1359
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 29, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f13608f89a3ecfbbbd9981c7f48104f523feaaa4bb69bf06b5f6a4ba60e48eaa
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Alan Simpson.
- S. 966 (104th) A bill for the relief of Nathan C. Vance, and for other purposes.
- S. 1791 (104th) Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 1996
- S. 991 (104th) A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, and other statutes, to extend VA's authority to operate various programs, collect copayments…
- S.Res. 64 (104th) An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- S.J.Res. 26 (104th) A joint resolution designating April 9, 1995, and April 9, 1996, as "National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day".
- S. 1379 (104th) Fair Debt Collection Practices Amendments 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.