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House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modify the definition of outpatient speech-language pathology services in order to recognize speech-language pathologists as suppliers under the Medicare Program.

H.R. 3795Introduced Sep 15, 2005Policy area: Health
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Ferguson R-NJ
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Where it went

Latest action: Sep 21, 2005 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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

62 cosponsors — 28 Republicans, 33 Democrats, 1 independent

34 of 62 cosponsors (55%) are from the other party.

Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Lois Capps (D-CA), John Carter (R-TX), Michael Castle (R-DE), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Chris Chocola (R-IN), James Clyburn (D-SC), K. Conaway (R-TX), Geoff Davis (R-KY), Charles Dent (R-PA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Phil English (R-PA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), Tim Holden (D-PA), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Jay Inslee (D-WA), Steve Israel (D-NY) and 32 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Ferguson.

Sponsor’s state and district

New Jersey in Congress · NJ-7 district

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Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.