Supports community health centers so they may grow and expand.

Congressman Pallone is proud to support community health centers so they may grow and expand.

Pallone states support for community health centers with the goal of helping them grow and expand.

Health Care | Congressman Frank Pallone
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Congress.gov lists S.1044 as becoming Public Law No. 104-299 on October 11, 1996. The House passed it on September 27, 1996 by voice vote. CRS summary: the bill authorized planning, operating, and infant mortality grants for health centers serving medically underserved populations, and authorized appropriations.

During Pallone's 1995-1996 House term after the 1994 election, Congress enacted a health-center reauthorization and grant law. The House vote was by voice vote, so Pallone's individual position is not recorded here, but the enactment matches the promise's substance.

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S.1044 - Health Centers Consolidation Act of 1996, Congress.gov
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Public Law 104-299 authorized grants to plan and develop health centers serving medically underserved populations; operating grants for public and nonprofit private health centers; construction grants for expanding and modernizing existing buildings or constructing new buildings; and $802,124,000 for fiscal year 1997 plus such sums as necessary for fiscal years 1998-2001.

The enacted statute directly supported growth and expansion of community health centers through planning, operating, construction, modernization, and multi-year authorization language.

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Public Law 104-299 - Health Centers Consolidation Act of 1996
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The House Clerk records Roll Call 455 on H.R. 3610, the Department of Defense Appropriations for FY 1997 conference report, as passed 370-37. Frank Pallone, Democrat of New Jersey, is recorded voting Yea.

Pallone cast a recorded same-term vote for the FY1997 omnibus appropriations measure that included HHS/HRSA health resources provisions benefiting health centers.

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House Clerk Roll Call 455, H.R. 3610 Conference Report
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Public Law 104-208 appropriated $3,405,019,000 for HRSA health resources and allowed up to $8,000,000 for loan guarantees for construction, renovation, and modernization of medical facilities owned and operated by health centers, with guarantees of total loan principal up to $80,000,000.

The same-term appropriations law Pallone voted for included financing authority for health-center construction, renovation, modernization, and managed-care network development.

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Public Law 104-208 - Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997
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The House Clerk records Roll Call 165 on H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as passed 219-212. Frank Pallone, Democrat of New Jersey, is recorded voting Aye.

In later federal service, Pallone voted for the Affordable Care Act, which contained a major Community Health Center Fund expansion.

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Roll Call 165 | H.R.3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | Office of the Clerk, U.S. House
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Section 10503 established a Community Health Center Fund to provide expanded and sustained national investment in community health centers. It appropriated enhanced funding for the community health center program for FY2011-FY2015 and $1,500,000,000 for construction and renovation of community health centers.

The ACA, which Pallone supported by recorded vote, delivered a later-term expansion of community health center funding and capital support.

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Public Law 111-148 - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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