House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans Health Programs Improvement Act of 1997
Sponsor: Rep. Cliff Stearns R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 22, 1997
- Committee actionSep 11, 1997
- Passed HouseOct 6, 1997 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 7, 1997 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2206.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2206, Veterans Health Programs Improvement Act of 1997” on October 1, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on September 11, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 1, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10423
- CBO publication date
- October 1, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2206, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2206
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
65d468e8b94645b12c5ea43747ef275ea3b5cc96c8327fd62785f7d06fcbe4dc
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-293 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on October 2, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 2, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/293
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2206, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/2206
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
65d468e8b94645b12c5ea43747ef275ea3b5cc96c8327fd62785f7d06fcbe4dc
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2206, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 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
9 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 9 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.
Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), John Cooksey (R-LA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Frank Mascara (D-PA), Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), Christopher Smith (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Cliff Stearns.
- H.R. 3980 (105th) Persian Gulf War Veterans Health Care and Research Act of 1998
- H.R. 1679 (105th) Cardiac Arrest Survival Act
- H.R. 339 (105th) To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a national standard in accordance with which nonresidents of a State may carry certain…
- H.R. 4121 (105th) Cardiac Arrest Survival Act
- H.R. 2198 (105th) Genetic Privacy and Nondiscrimination Act of 1997
- H.Res. 22 (105th) Congratulating the people of India on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of their nation's independence.
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.