3.0.0 2576 2023-01-15T04:49:22Z 2023-01-15T04:49:22Z Senate S S 2004-06-24 108 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-06-24T18:32:49Z 2004-06-24 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR 6/25/2004 S7445) IntroReferral 2004-06-24 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 6/25/2004 S7443-7444) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-06-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. N Congress Expedited congressional procedure Finance and Financial Sector Health Health insurance House rules and procedure Legislation Medically uninsured Senate rules and procedure Congress 00 2004-06-24 Introduced in Senate 2004-10-22T14:40:00Z Health Care Reform Expedited Procedures Act of 2004 - Requires, within 30 calendar days after the commencement of the first session of a Congress, the chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, the chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate, the chairs of the House Committees on Energy and Commerce and on Ways and Means, and the Majority and Minority Leaders of the House each to introduce a bill to provide universal health care coverage for the people of the United States.

States that these bills may be introduced by request, but only one qualified bill may be introduced by each such individual within a Congress. Authorizes the ranking minority party member of a committee, if the chair fails to introduce the bill within the 30-day period, to introduce a bill that will qualify for the expedited procedure provided in this Act.

Qualifies a bill if: (1) its title reads "to reform the system of the United States and to provide insurance coverage for all Americans;" and (2) it reaches the goal of providing health care coverage to 95 percent of Americans within ten years.

Sets forth procedures for consideration of such legislation in both chambers.

]]> Health Care Reform Expedited Procedures Act of 2004 Display Title Health Care Reform Expedited Procedures Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish an expedited procedure for congressional consideration of health care reform legislation. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Health Care Reform Expedited Procedures Act of 2004 Introduced in Senate 2004-06-24T04:00:00Z 2004-06-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR 6/25/2004 S7445) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.