Senate bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to clarify the health care provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that constitutes minimum essential coverage.
Sponsor: Sen. Daniel Akaka D-HIWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 24, 2010
- Committee actionMar 26, 2010
- Passed SenateMar 26, 2010 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 23, 2010 — Message received in the Senate: Returned to the Senate pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1653.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 3162.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R.5014, which became Public Law 111-173 on 5/27/2010.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3162, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/3162
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
59 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 56 Democrats, 2 independents
1 of 59 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Max Baucus (D-MT), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Mark Begich (D-AK), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Richard Burr (R-NC), Roland Burris (D-IL), Robert Byrd (D-WV), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Bob Casey (D-PA), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Al Franken (D-MN), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Kay Hagan (D-NC), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Edward Kaufman (D-DE), John Kerry (D-MA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Herbert Kohl (D-WI) and 29 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Daniel Akaka.
- S. 3447 (111th) Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2010
- S. 407 (111th) Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2009
- S. 1963 (111th) Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010
- S. 1717 (111th) A bill to authorize major medical facility leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes.
- S. 372 (111th) Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2010
- S.Res. 87 (111th) A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that public servants should be commended for their dedication and continued service to the…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.