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House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law

Military Retirees' Health Care Protection Act

H.R. 4949Introduced Mar 14, 2006Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsor: Rep. Chet Edwards D-TX
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Where it went

Latest action: Mar 14, 2006 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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

164 cosponsors — 48 Republicans, 115 Democrats, 1 independent

48 of 164 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Barrow (D-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Charles Bass (R-NH), Marion Berry (D-AR), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Dan Boren (D-OK), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Lois Capps (D-CA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO) and 134 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chet Edwards.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-17 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.