H.Res. 802: Encouraging all eligible Medicare beneficiaries who have not yet elected to enroll in the new Medicare Part D benefit to review the available options and to determine whether enrollment in a Medicare prescription drug plan best meets their current and future needs for prescription drug coverage.
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H.Res. 802: Encouraging all eligible Medicare beneficiaries who have not yet elected to enroll in the new Medicare Part D benefit to review the available options and to determine whether enrollment in a Medicare prescription drug plan best meets their current and future needs for prescription drug coverage.
109th Congress · introduced 2006-05-09 · Health · Latest: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2006-05-09 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 146 (2006): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, HRES802 (2006-05-11), Passed. See all
- Where it stands now: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Encouraging all eligible Medicare beneficiaries who have not yet elected to enroll in the new Medicare Part D benefit to review the available options and to determine whether enrollment in a Medicare prescription drug plan best meets their current and future needs for prescription drug coverage.
Plain summary
Encourages all Medicare beneficiaries who are not yet enrolled in part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) review carefully all of the options available to them; and (2) determine whether enrollment in a Medicare prescription drug plan best meets their current and future needs for prescription drug coverage.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Encouraging all eligible Medicare beneficiaries who have not yet elected to enroll in the new Medicare Part D benefit to review the available options and to determine whether enrollment in a Medicare prescription drug plan best meets their current and future needs for prescription drug coverage.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-5] · 0 cosponsors
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Recorded votes
- House roll call 146 (2006): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, HRES802 (2006-05-11): Passed
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- Resolution
- A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
- Roll-call vote
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-109hres802.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/109/hres>
Record fed-us-cong109-hres802 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109