To ensure individual and family security through health care coverage for all Americans in a manner that contains the rate of growth in health care costs and promotes responsible health insurance practices, to promote choice in health care, and to ensure and protect the health care of all Americans.
The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.
Sponsor and status
Richard “Dick” Gephardt
Sponsor. Representative for Missouri's 3rd congressional district. Democrat.
103rd Congress (1993–1994)
This bill was introduced on June 23, 1994, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote.
Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).
103 Cosponsors (103 Democrats)
History
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Nov 20, 1993
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Introduced
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Feb 4, 1994
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Text Published
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Jun 23, 1994
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Ordered Reported
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H.R. 3600 (103rd) was a bill in the United States Congress.
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Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 3600. This is the one from the 103rd Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 103rd Congress, which met from Jan 5, 1993 to Dec 1, 1994. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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