House bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-31
To waive temporarily the Medicaid enrollment composition rule for the Better Health Plan of Amherst, New York.
Became law on Jul 25, 1997.
Sponsor: Rep. Bill Paxon R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 24, 1997
- Committee actionJun 25, 1997
- Passed HouseJul 8, 1997 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJul 11, 1997 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentJul 16, 1997
- Became lawJul 25, 1997
Latest action: Jul 25, 1997 — Became Public Law No: 105-31.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2018.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-165 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on July 8, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 8, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/165
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2018, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2018
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
3 of 4 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Eliot Engel (D-NY), Rick Lazio (R-NY), Thomas Manton (D-NY), Edolphus Towns (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Paxon.
- H.R. 2483 (105th) To terminate the taxes imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 other than Social Security and railroad retirement-related taxes.
- H.R. 1610 (105th) To waive temporarily the Medicaid enrollment composition rule for certain health maintenance organizations.
- H.R. 3157 (105th) Teachers in the Classroom Act
- H.Res. 268 (105th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that no new energy taxes or fees should be imposed on the American public for the…
- H.J.Res. 63 (105th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that Federal judges be reconfirmed by the Senate every 12 years.
- H.R. 1027 (105th) To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for a 3-judge court to hear and determine any application for an injunction against the…
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.