House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Medicare Home Health and Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 1998
Sponsor: Rep. William Thomas R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 15, 1998
- Committee actionSep 18, 1998
- Passed HouseOct 10, 1998 · 412–2
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 12, 1998 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4567.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4567, Medicare Home Health Care Interim Payment System Refinement Act of 1998” on September 24, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on September 18, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 24, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11223
- CBO publication date
- September 24, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4567, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/4567
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
83902477b71d55fd9d63f6f9c82d5860eb7d34b7c6226a4300db49c3c227d9d2
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 105-773 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on October 5, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 5, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/HRPT/773
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4567, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/4567
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
83902477b71d55fd9d63f6f9c82d5860eb7d34b7c6226a4300db49c3c227d9d2
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4567, last updated June 3, 2026. 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
51 cosponsors — 31 Republicans, 20 Democrats
20 of 51 cosponsors (39%) are from the other party.
Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), John Boehner (R-OH), Charles Canady (R-FL), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Jon Christensen (R-NE), Gary Condit (D-CA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Phil English (R-PA), John Ensign (R-NV), Barney Frank (D-MA), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), David Hobson (R-OH), Amo Houghton (R-NY), Kenny Hulshof (R-MO), Bob Inglis (R-SC), Ernest Istook (R-OK), Nancy Johnson (R-CT), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Peter King (R-NY), James Maloney (D-CT), James McGovern (D-MA), John McHugh (R-NY), Martin Meehan (D-MA), Patsy Mink (D-HI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and 21 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. William Thomas.
- H.R. 1001 (105th) To extend the term of appointment of certain members of the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission and the Physician Payment Review…
- H.R. 960 (105th) To validate certain conveyances in the City of Tulare, Tulare County, California, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3790 (105th) Library of Congress Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act of 1998
- H.R. 2979 (105th) To authorize acquisition of certain real property for the Library of Congress, and for other purposes.
- H.Res. 129 (105th) Providing amounts for the expenses of certain committees of the House of Representatives in the One Hundred Fifth Congress.
- H.Res. 355 (105th) Dismissing the election contest against Loretta Sanchez.
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.