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H.R. 5729: Spina Bifida Health Care Program Expansion Act

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H.R. 5729: Spina Bifida Health Care Program Expansion Act

110th Congress · introduced 2008-04-08 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2008-04-08 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Ellsworth, Brad [D-IN-8] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Spina Bifida Health Care Program Expansion Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 15, 2008. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Spina Bifida Health Care Program Expansion Act - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide comprehensive health care coverage through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for a child of a Vietnam veteran who is suffering from spina bifida. (Current law requires the Secretary to provide such child such health care as the Secretary determines is needed by the child for the spina bifida or any disability that is associated with such condition.)

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Official text

Spina Bifida Health Care Program Expansion Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Ellsworth, Brad [D-IN-8] · 1 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 5729, Spina Bifida Health Care Program Expansion Act (2008-05-12); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 5729, Spina Bifida Health Care Program Expansion Act (2008-05-12)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-hr5729 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110