House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

Persian Gulf War Veterans Health Care and Research Act of 1998

H.R. 3980Introduced Jun 3, 1998Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Sponsor: Rep. Cliff Stearns R-FL

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Where it went

IntroducedJun 3, 1998
Committee actionJun 24, 1998
Passed HouseAug 3, 1998 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Oct 10, 1998 — See H.R.4110.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3980.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3980, Persian Gulf War Veterans Health Care and Research Act of 1998” on July 6, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on June 24, 1998”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 6, 1998 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10926
CBO publication date
July 6, 1998
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3980, 105th Congress
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-626 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on July 16, 1998.
Source: Congress.gov, reported July 16, 1998 ↗
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H.R. 3980, 105th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
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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

43 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 24 Democrats

24 of 43 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.

Thomas Allen (D-ME), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), John Baldacci (D-ME), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), David Bonior (D-MI), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Julia Carson (D-IN), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Merrill Cook (R-UT), John Cooksey (R-LA), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Lane Evans (D-IL), Terry Everett (R-AL), Vito Fossella (R-NY), Jon Fox (R-PA), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Ray LaHood (R-IL), Thomas Manton (D-NY), Martin Meehan (D-MA), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Richard Neal (D-MA), John Olver (D-MA), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Charles Pickering (R-MS) and 13 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Cliff Stearns.

Sponsor’s state and district

Florida in Congress · FL-6 district

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