Senate bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-419
Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2000
Became law on Nov 1, 2000.
Sponsor: Sen. Arlen Specter R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 20, 1999
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed SenateJul 26, 1999 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseMay 23, 2000 · 417–0
- Resolving differencesOct 12, 2000
- To the PresidentOct 20, 2000
- Became lawNov 1, 2000
Latest action: Nov 1, 2000 — Became Public Law No: 106-419.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1402.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1402, Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2000” on November 22, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on October 18, 2000, and signed into law by the President on November 1, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 22, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12926
- CBO publication date
- November 22, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1402, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/1402
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5cb2cc453cbb2ea4fd8832896bd9e708de795637a8f238823f5edb83284e080e
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 106-114 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, record updated June 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/114
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1402, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/1402
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5cb2cc453cbb2ea4fd8832896bd9e708de795637a8f238823f5edb83284e080e
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1402, last updated June 6, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Arlen Specter.
- S.Res. 251 (106th) A resolution designating March 25, 2000, as "Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy".
- S. 1076 (106th) Veterans Benefits Act of 1999
- S. 1650 (106th) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000
- S. 2499 (106th) A bill to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Pennsylvania.
- S.Res. 256 (106th) A resolution designating the week of February 14-18, 2000, as "National Heart Failure Awareness Week".
- S.Res. 50 (106th) A resolution designating March 25,1999, as "Greek Independence Day: A Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy".
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.