A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend eligibility for hospital care and medical services under chapter 17 of that title to veterans who have been awarded the Purple Heart, and for other purposes.

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Introduced

28 January 1999

Last action

28 January 1999 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs.

Sponsors

Sen. Robb, Charles S. [D-VA], Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK], Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS], Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI], Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK], Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA], Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT], Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV], Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA], Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ], Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE], Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR], Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA], Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK], Sen. Kerrey, J. Robert [D-NE], Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM], Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT], Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND], Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX], Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA], Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA], Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY], Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT], Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA], Sen. Chafee, Lincoln [R-RI], Sen. Ashcroft, John [R-MO], Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN], Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT], Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO], Sen. Bryan, Richard H. [D-NV], Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME], Sen. Coverdell, Paul [R-GA], Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID], Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD], Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT], Sen. Edwards, John [D-NC], Sen. Gorton, Slade [R-WA], Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT], Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC], Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT], Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA], Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]

Subjects

Defence

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Summary

Makes veterans who have been awarded the Purple Heart eligible for veterans' hospital care and medical services. Provides such veterans with a priority in the veterans' system of annual patient enrollment.

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Timeline

28 January 1999
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1096)
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28 January 1999
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
28 January 1999
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs.
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/senate-bill/329
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