United States · Bill · S
S. 2054 (105th)
Veterans' Equality for Treatment and Services Act of 1998 (VETS)
Introduced
8 May 1998
Last action
8 May 1998 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT], Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV], Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA], Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC], Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE], Sen. Cleland, Max [D-GA], Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV], Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME], Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD], Sen. Grams, Rod [R-MN], Sen. Hutchinson, Tim [R-AR], Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT], Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]
Subjects
Healthcare, Defence
Source updated
21 August 2025
Summary
Veterans' Equality for Treatment and Services Act of 1998 (VETS) - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a demonstration project under which the HHS Secretary shall reimburse the VA Secretary from the Medicare trust funds for Medicare health care services furnished to certain targeted Medicare-eligible veterans.
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Timeline
8 May 1998
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
8 May 1998
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4558-4559)
Source: IntroReferral
8 May 1998
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 8 May 1998 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
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Introduced in Senate (text)
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Introduced in Senate
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Sponsors
- Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Cleland, Max [D-GA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Grams, Rod [R-MN] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Hutchinson, Tim [R-AR] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] · D · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2054
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/2054
- us · 105-s-2054 · source updated 21 August 2025