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H.R. 5261 (100th): Indian Health Care Amendments of 1988

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A bill to reauthorize and amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and for other purposes.

Sponsor and status

Introduced
Sep 7, 1988
100th Congress (1987–1988)
Status

Enacted — Signed by the President on Nov 23, 1988

This bill was enacted after being signed by the President on November 23, 1988.

Law
Pub.L. 100-713
Sponsor

Morris Udall

Representative for Arizona's 2nd congressional district

Democrat

Text

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Last Updated: Nov 23, 1988

Cosponsors

7 Cosponsors (5 Republicans, 2 Democrats)

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History

Sep 9, 1980
 
Earlier Version — Passed House (Senate next)

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 6629 (96th).
Jul 27, 1984
 
Earlier Version — Introduced

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 6039 (98th).
Sep 14, 1984
 
Earlier Version — Passed House (Senate next)

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 4567 (98th).
Apr 15, 1986
 
Earlier Version — Introduced

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 4600 (99th).
Jul 22, 1986
 
Earlier Version — Introduced

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 5222 (99th).
Oct 18, 1986
 
Earlier Version — Passed Senate with Changes (back to House)

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 1426 (99th).
Sep 7, 1988
 
Introduced

Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber.

Sep 13, 1988
 
Passed House (Senate next)

The bill was passed in a vote in the House. It goes to the Senate next. The vote was by Voice Vote so no record of individual votes was made.

Sep 28, 1988
 
Passed Senate with Changes (back to House)

The Senate passed the bill with changes not in the House version and sent it back to the House to approve the changes. The vote was by Voice Vote so no record of individual votes was made.

Oct 14, 1988
 
Conference Report Agreed to by Senate (House next)

A conference committee was formed, comprising members of both the House and Senate, to resolve the differences in how each chamber passed the bill. The Senate approved the committee's report proposing the final form of the bill for consideration in both chambers. The House must also approve the conference report. The vote was by Voice Vote so no record of individual votes was made.

Nov 23, 1988
 
Enacted — Signed by the President

The President signed the bill and it became law.

Nov 23, 1988
 
Text Published

Updated bill text was published as of Passed Congress.

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H.R. 5261 (100th) was a bill in the United States Congress.

A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.

Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 5261. This is the one from the 100th Congress.

This bill was introduced in the 100th Congress, which met from Jan 6, 1987 to Oct 22, 1988. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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