About the bill
The Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (also called the Balanced Budget Refinement Act or BBRA) is a federal law of the United States, enacted in 1999. The BBRA was first introduced into the House as H.R. 3075 on October 14, 1999 by Rep. William M. Thomas (R-CA) with 75 cosponsors. It was read twice and then referred to the Senate Committee on Finance. The bill was then slightly altered and reintroduced by Thomas as H.R. 3426 on November 17, 1999. After referral to the House committees on Ways and Means and Commerce, it was incorporated by cross-reference in the conference report into H.R. 3194 on November 18, 1999. The H.R. 3194 bill had been introduced by Rep. Ernest J. Istook, Jr. (R-OK) on November …
Sponsor and status
106th Congress (1999–2000)
Enacted — Signed by the President on Nov 29, 1999
This bill was enacted after being signed by the President on November 29, 1999.
History
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Nov 2, 1999
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Introduced
Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber. |
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Nov 3, 1999
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Rules Change —
Agreed To
This activity took place on a related bill, H.Res. 354 (106th). |
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Nov 3, 1999
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Passed House (Senate next)
The bill was passed in a vote in the House. It goes to the Senate next. |
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Nov 3, 1999
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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 Unanimous Consent so no record of individual votes was made. |
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Nov 3, 1999
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Text Published
Updated bill text was published as of Public Print. |
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Nov 18, 1999
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Rules Change —
Agreed To
This activity took place on a related bill, H.Res. 386 (106th). |
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Nov 18, 1999
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Conference Report Agreed to by House (Senate 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 House approved the committee's report proposing the final form of the bill for consideration in both chambers. The Senate must also approve the conference report. |
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Nov 19, 1999
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Conference Report Agreed to by Senate
The bill was passed by both chambers in identical form. It goes to the President next who may sign or veto the bill. |
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Nov 29, 1999
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Enacted — Signed by the President
The President signed the bill and it became law.
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H.R. 3194 (106th) 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. 3194. This is the one from the 106th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 106th Congress, which met from Jan 6, 1999 to Dec 15, 2000. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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