Bill Summary & Status
104th Congress (1995 - 1996)
S.AMDT.3997
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S.AMDT.3997
Amends: S.CON.RES.57
Sponsor: Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA] (submitted 5/17/1996) (proposed 5/17/1996)
AMENDMENT PURPOSE:
To express the sense of the Congress that the reconciliation bill should maintain the existing prohibition against additional charges by providers under the medicare program.
TEXT OF AMENDMENT AS SUBMITTED: CR S5272
STATUS:
- 5/17/1996:
- Proposed by Senator Kennedy.
- 5/20/1996:
- Considered by Senate.
- 5/21/1996:
- Considered by Senate. By Unanimous Consent.
- 5/22/1996:
- Considered by Senate.
- 5/22/1996:
- Motion to table SP 3997 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49-51. Record Vote No: 130.
- 5/22/1996:
- Amendment agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
