Senate bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend eligibility for hospital care and medical services under chapter 17 of that title to veterans who have been awarded the Purple Heart, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Charles Robb D-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 1999
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Latest action: Jan 28, 1999 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs.
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
65 cosponsors — 30 Republicans, 33 Democrats, 2 independents
31 of 65 cosponsors (48%) are from the other party.
John Ashcroft (R-MO), Max Baucus (D-MT), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Robert Bennett (R-UT), Joseph Biden (D-DE), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Christopher Bond (R-MO), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), John Breaux (D-LA), Richard Bryan (D-NV), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Susan Collins (R-ME), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Paul Coverdell (R-GA), Larry Craig (R-ID), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Richard Durbin (D-IL), John Edwards (D-NC), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), William Frist (R-TN), Thomas Gorton (R-WA), Daniel Graham (D-FL), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Jesse Helms (R-NC), Kay Hutchison (R-TX) and 35 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Charles Robb.
- S.Res. 29 (106th) A resolution to designate the week of May 2, 1999, as "National Correctional Officers and Employees Week".
- S. 2865 (106th) Virginia Wilderness Act of 2000
- S.Res. 239 (106th) A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Nadia Dabbagh, who was abducted from the United States, should be returned home to…
- S. 3000 (106th) A bill to authorize the exchange of land between the Secretary of the Interior and the Director of Central Intelligence at the George…
- S.Res. 248 (106th) A resolution to designate the week of May 7, 2000, as "National Correctional Officers and Employees Week".
- S.Con.Res. 42 (106th) A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued by the United States…
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.