Senate bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
Health Professions Education Consolidation and Reauthorization Act of 1996
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 14, 1995
- Committee actionMar 29, 1995
- Passed SenateSep 28, 1996 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 28, 1996 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 555.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 104-93 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on June 6, 1995.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 6, 1995 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/SRPT/93
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 555, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/s/555
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 29, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
John Breaux (D-LA), William Frist (R-TN), Edward Kennedy (D-MA).
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Nancy Kassebaum.
- S. 641 (104th) Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 1996
- S. 1044 (104th) Health Centers Consolidation Act of 1996
- S.Res. 217 (104th) A resolution to designate the first Friday in May 1996, as "American Foreign Service Day" in recognition of the men and women who have…
- S. 1897 (104th) National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1996
- S. 1324 (104th) Organ and Bone Marrow Transplant Program Reauthorization Act of 1996
- S. 773 (104th) Animal Drug Availability Act of 1996
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.