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S.1057: Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2005
About This Bill
- This bill was introduced in the 109th Congress
- This bill is primarily about congress
- Introduced May 17, 2005
- Latest Major Action March 16, 2006
- See the one similar bills introduced in other congresses.
Bill Sponsor
Bill Cosponsors
11 (6 Democrats, 6 Republicans)
Bill Summary
Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2005 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (the Act) to declare a new national Indian health policy in order to: (1) raise the health status of Indians by 2010 to at least the levels set forth in the goals contained within the Healthy People 2010 or successor objectives; and (2) allow Indians, to the greatest extent possible, to set their own health care priorities and...
(Source: Library of Congress)
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Bill Actions
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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
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Committees on Indian Affairs. Joint hearings held with Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-162.
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Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
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Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator McCain with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 109-222.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 375.
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| May 17, 2005 |
Introduced in the Senate by John McCain (R-Ariz.) |