H.R. 3118 · 104th Congress · enacted
Veterans' Health Care Eligibility Reform Act of 1996
Became Public Law No: 104-262.
Latest official action 1996-10-09 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
Veterans' Health Care Eligibility Reform Act of 1996 - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide hospital care and medical services to, among others, any veteran: (1) with a compensable service-connected disability (currently, for any service-connected disability, regardless of compensation); or (2) who is unable to defray the expenses of necessary medical care and services. Authorizes the Secretary, with respect to veterans not otherwise eligible for such care and services, to furnish hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care which the Secretary determines is needed. (Sec. 3) Repeals the requirement that veterans be eligible to receive hospital care through the Department of Veterans Affairs in order to receive surgical, dental, optometric, and podiatric services, but requires such eligibility before receiving certain prosthetic appliances as well as special clothing necessitated by the wearing of such appliances. (Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary, in managing the provision of hospital care and medical services, to establish and operate a system of annual patient enrollment, with specified priorities relating to the degree of disability of a veteran and related factors. Requires the Secretary to design, establish, and manage Department health care programs so as to promote cost-effective delivery of health care services in the most clinically appropriate …
Congressional Research Service · 1996-07-30
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Politicians behind the bill
Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.
Cosponsor
Christopher H. Smith
House · NJ District 4 · Republican
$227,250PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
House · GA District 2 · Democratic
$792,250PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Marcy Kaptur
House · OH District 9 · Democratic
$1,111,770PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Zoe Lofgren
House · CA District 18 · Democratic
$423,950PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
Bernard Sanders
Senate · VT · Independent
-$5,000PAC receipts · 2025–2026
65 of 65 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.
PAC donors to the listed sponsors
These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$30,000
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. · Cosponsor · $10,000
Marcy Kaptur · Cosponsor · $10,000
Zoe Lofgren · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordMACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS$30,000
Christopher H. Smith · Cosponsor · $5,000
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. · Cosponsor · $5,000
Marcy Kaptur · Cosponsor · $10,000
Zoe Lofgren · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$29,000
Christopher H. Smith · Cosponsor · $10,000
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. · Cosponsor · $10,000
Marcy Kaptur · Cosponsor · $4,000
Zoe Lofgren · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E$27,500
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. · Cosponsor · $7,500
Marcy Kaptur · Cosponsor · $10,000
Zoe Lofgren · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE$27,500
Christopher H. Smith · Cosponsor · $2,500
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. · Cosponsor · $10,000
Marcy Kaptur · Cosponsor · $10,000
Zoe Lofgren · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION$25,000
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. · Cosponsor · $10,000
Marcy Kaptur · Cosponsor · $10,000
Zoe Lofgren · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordLABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC$24,500
Christopher H. Smith · Cosponsor · $1,000
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. · Cosponsor · $5,000
Marcy Kaptur · Cosponsor · $8,500
Zoe Lofgren · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordAIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC$22,500
Christopher H. Smith · Cosponsor · $10,000
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. · Cosponsor · $2,500
Marcy Kaptur · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordD.R.I.V.E. - DEM, REP, IND VOTER ED (THE PAC OF THE INT'L BRHD OF TEAMSTERS)$22,500
Christopher H. Smith · Cosponsor · $10,000
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. · Cosponsor · $9,000
Marcy Kaptur · Cosponsor · $2,500
Zoe Lofgren · Cosponsor · $1,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC)$20,000
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. · Cosponsor · $2,500
Marcy Kaptur · Cosponsor · $10,000
Zoe Lofgren · Cosponsor · $7,500
Official PAC recordAMERICAN PISTACHIO GROWERS PISTACHIO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$20,000
CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS$20,000
Christopher H. Smith · Cosponsor · $10,000
Marcy Kaptur · Cosponsor · $5,000
Zoe Lofgren · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC$20,000
Christopher H. Smith · Cosponsor · $5,000
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. · Cosponsor · $2,500
Marcy Kaptur · Cosponsor · $10,000
Zoe Lofgren · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordLA BAMBA PAC$20,000
UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA)$20,000
Christopher H. Smith · Cosponsor · $5,000
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. · Cosponsor · $5,000
Marcy Kaptur · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordCOX ENTERPRISES PAC (COXPAC) INC.$19,500
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. · Cosponsor · $10,000
Marcy Kaptur · Cosponsor · $7,000
Zoe Lofgren · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordNATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$19,500
Christopher H. Smith · Cosponsor · $2,000
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. · Cosponsor · $7,500
Marcy Kaptur · Cosponsor · $5,000
Zoe Lofgren · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordWALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT$19,500
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. · Cosponsor · $8,000
Marcy Kaptur · Cosponsor · $4,500
Zoe Lofgren · Cosponsor · $7,000
Official PAC recordCOMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE$17,500
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)$17,500
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. · Cosponsor · $2,500
Marcy Kaptur · Cosponsor · $10,000
Zoe Lofgren · Cosponsor · $5,000
Official PAC recordENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS$17,000
Christopher H. Smith · Cosponsor · $10,000
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. · Cosponsor · $5,000
Zoe Lofgren · Cosponsor · $2,000
Official PAC recordEMPLOYEES OF RTX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$16,500
NATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$16,500
Christopher H. Smith · Cosponsor · $1,500
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. · Cosponsor · $5,000
Marcy Kaptur · Cosponsor · $7,500
Zoe Lofgren · Cosponsor · $2,500
Official PAC recordAMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$16,000
Christopher H. Smith · Cosponsor · $8,500
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. · Cosponsor · $3,500
Marcy Kaptur · Cosponsor · $4,000
Official PAC recordINTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$16,000
ERNST & YOUNG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION PAC (CORNPAC)$15,000
NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COTTON$15,000
THE HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. · Cosponsor · $5,000
Marcy Kaptur · Cosponsor · $2,500
Zoe Lofgren · Cosponsor · $7,500
Official PAC recordGENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GENERAL DYNAMICS EMPLOYEE PAC)$14,500
NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC$14,500
DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE; AKA DFA-PAC$14,000
NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC$14,000
Christopher H. Smith · Cosponsor · $1,000
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. · Cosponsor · $6,500
Marcy Kaptur · Cosponsor · $6,500
Official PAC recordLOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$13,500
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. · Cosponsor · $4,500
Marcy Kaptur · Cosponsor · $7,000
Zoe Lofgren · Cosponsor · $2,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$13,500
UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB$13,500
DELOITTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$12,500
DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS PAC$12,500
INLAND EMPIRE STRIKES PAC; THE$12,500
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PAC$12,500
The largest 40 donor totals appear here. Open each politician for their complete, paginated PAC donor list.
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