House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel Act of 2000

H.R. 5109Introduced Sep 6, 2000Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Where it went

IntroducedSep 6, 2000
Committee actionSep 13, 2000
Passed HouseSep 21, 2000 · 411–0
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 22, 2000 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5109.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5109, Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel Act of 2000” on September 19, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on September 13, 2000”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 19, 2000 ↗
Evidence
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12650
CBO publication date
September 19, 2000
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5109, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/5109
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-863 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 18, 2000.
Source: Congress.gov, reported September 18, 2000 ↗
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Report API records
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5109, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/5109
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5109, last updated April 7, 2025. 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

46 cosponsors — 27 Republicans, 19 Democrats

20 of 46 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.

Richard Baker (R-LA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Lois Capps (D-CA), Julia Carson (D-IN), John Cooksey (R-LA), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Lane Evans (D-IL), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), George Gekas (R-PA), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Gene Green (D-TX), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Ralph Hall (R-TX), James Hansen (R-UT), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Rick Hill (R-MT), Van Hilleary (R-TN), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Darlene Hooley (D-OR), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), William Jenkins (R-TN), Stephanie Jones (D-OH), Walter Jones (R-NC), Ray LaHood (R-IL), Steven LaTourette (R-OH) and 16 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Cliff Stearns.

Sponsor’s state and district

Florida in Congress · FL-6 district

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