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House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to carve out from payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments and pay such amounts directly to those disproportionate share hospitals in which their enrollees receive care.

H.R. 2701Introduced Oct 22, 1997Policy area: Health
Sponsor: Rep. Charles Rangel D-NY
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Where it went

Latest action: Oct 28, 1997 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2099)

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

54 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 46 Democrats

6 of 54 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.

Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Robert Borski (D-PA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Corrine Brown (D-FL), George Brown (D-CA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Donna Christensen (D-VI), William Coyne (D-PA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Phil English (R-PA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Jon Fox (R-PA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Earl Hilliard (D-AL), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Tim Holden (D-PA), William Jenkins (R-TN), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Peter King (R-NY), Ron Klink (D-PA), John LaFalce (D-NY), John Lewis (D-GA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and 24 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Rangel.

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress · NY-15 district

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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.