House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Improved Medical Care for Troops and Retirees Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 15, 2000
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 22, 2000 — Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3655.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3655, Improved Medical Care for Troops and Retirees Act” on April 10, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on February 15, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 10, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12189
- CBO publication date
- April 10, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3655, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/3655
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of June 3, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3655, 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
60 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 58 Democrats, 1 independent
1 of 60 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Thomas Allen (D-ME), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), David Bonior (D-MI), Robert Brady (D-PA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Julia Carson (D-IN), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chet Edwards (D-TX), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Lane Evans (D-IL), Bob Filner (D-CA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), Stephanie Jones (D-OH), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), John Larson (D-CT), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), James Maloney (D-CT), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), Martin Meehan (D-MA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Patsy Mink (D-HI) and 30 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
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.