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Senate bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Promoting Health in Rural Areas Act of 1999

S. 980Introduced May 6, 1999Policy area: Health
Sponsor: Sen. Max Baucus D-MT
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Where it went

Latest action: May 6, 1999 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

32 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 15 Democrats, 1 independent

17 of 32 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.

Sam Brownback (R-KS), Richard Bryan (D-NV), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Robert Byrd (D-WV), Max Cleland (D-GA), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Susan Collins (R-ME), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Michael Enzi (R-WY), William Frist (R-TN), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Ernest Hollings (D-SC), Tim Hutchinson (R-AR), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), James Jeffords (I-VT), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Frank Murkowski (R-AK), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Gordon Smith (R-OR), Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and 2 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Max Baucus.

Sponsor’s state and district

Montana in Congress

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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.