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House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Beneficiary Improvement and Protection Act of 2000

H.R. 5291Introduced Sep 26, 2000Policy area: Health
Sponsor: Rep. Thomas Bliley R-VA
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Where it went

Latest action: Dec 7, 2000 — House Committee on Ways and Means Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 15, 2000.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5291.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5291, 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

45 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 26 Democrats

27 of 45 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.

Thomas Allen (D-ME), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Charles Bass (R-NH), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Richard Burr (R-NC), Lois Capps (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), John Dingell (D-MI), Robert Ehrlich (R-MD), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Gene Green (D-TX), James Greenwood (R-PA), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Joseph Hoeffel (D-PA), Ron Klink (D-PA), William Luther (D-MN), Edward Markey (D-MA), Karen McCarthy (D-MO), Charles Norwood (R-GA), Michael Oxley (R-OH), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Charles Pickering (R-MS) and 15 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Thomas Bliley.

Sponsor’s state and district

Virginia in Congress · VA-7 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.