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House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Medicare Vision Rehabilitation Coverage Act of 1999

H.R. 2870Introduced Sep 15, 1999Policy area: Health
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Capuano D-MA
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Where it went

Latest action: Oct 6, 1999 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

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

120 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 100 Democrats, 1 independent

19 of 120 cosponsors (16%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Joe Baca (D-CA), Brian Baird (D-WA), John Baldacci (D-ME), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), David Bonior (D-MI), Robert Borski (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Julia Carson (D-IN), William Clay (D-MO), William Coyne (D-PA), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Danny Davis (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Ernest Fletcher (R-KY) and 90 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Capuano.

Sponsor’s state and district

Massachusetts in Congress · MA-8 district

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Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.