[History of Bills, Volume 143 (1997)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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H.R. 135--A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the 
    Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require that 
    group and individual health insurance coverage and group health 
    plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for 
    mastectomies and lymph node dissections performed for the 
    treatment of breast cancer; to the Committees on Commerce; 
    Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently 
    determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
    provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
    concerned.


By Ms. DeLAURO (for herself, Mr. Dingell, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. Ackerman, 
Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. Bentsen, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Brown 
of Ohio, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Clement, Mr. Conyers, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. 
Eshoo, Mr. Evans, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. 
Foglietta, Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. 
Frost, Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Green, Mr. 
Hinchey, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mrs. Kennelly of Connecticut, 
Mr. Kildee, Mr. LaFalce, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. McDermott, Mrs. Maloney of 
New York, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Moran of 
Virginia, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Murtha, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
Oberstar, Mr. Olver, Mr. Owens, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Payne, Ms. Pelosi, 
Mr. Quinn, Mr. Rahall, Ms. Rivers, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. 
Towns, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Kennedy of 
Massachusetts, and Mr. Matsui), H143 [9JA]

  Cosponsors added, H157 [9JA], H245 [21JA], H286 [4FE], H453 [11FE], 
  H889 [11MR], H1018 [13MR], H1892 [24AP], H2091 [30AP], H2351 [7MY], 
  H3070 [20MY], H3169 [21MY], H3274 [3JN], H3476 [4JN], H3660 [10JN], 
  H3720 [11JN], H3797 [12JN], H3865 [17JN], H4086 [19JN], H6706 
  [31JY], H6918 [4SE], H7119 [9SE], H7199 [10SE], H7600 [18SE], H7911 
  [25SE], H8161 [29SE], H8265 [30SE], H8300 [1OC], H9800 [30OC]