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Senate bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-146

Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 1996

S. 641Introduced Mar 28, 1995Policy area: Health

Became law on May 20, 1996.

Sponsor: Sen. Nancy Kassebaum R-KS
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Where it went

Latest action: May 20, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-146.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 641.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of July 2, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 641, last updated July 2, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 29, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

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

65 cosponsors — 24 Republicans, 39 Democrats, 2 independents

39 of 65 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.

Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Robert Bennett (R-UT), Joseph Biden (D-DE), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), John Breaux (D-LA), George Brown (R-CO), Richard Bryan (D-NV), Dale Bumpers (D-AR), Ben Campbell (R-CO), John Chafee (R-RI), Daniel Coats (R-IN), William Cohen (R-ME), Larry Craig (R-ID), Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Robert Dole (R-KS), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Wendell Ford (D-KY), William Frist (R-TN), John Glenn (D-OH), Thomas Gorton (R-WA), Daniel Graham (D-FL), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Mark Hatfield (R-OR) and 35 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Nancy Kassebaum.

Sponsor’s state and district

Kansas in Congress

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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.