Supports community health centers so they may grow and expand.

Frank Pallone, Jr. · New Jersey · Democratic

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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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Evidence

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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.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): 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.

delivered same_term

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.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The enacted statute directly supported growth and expansion of community health centers through planning, operating, construction, modernization, and multi-year authorization language.

delivered same_term

Public Law 104-299 - Health Centers Consolidation Act of 1996
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

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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.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Pallone cast a recorded same-term vote for the FY1997 omnibus appropriations measure that included HHS/HRSA health resources provisions benefiting health centers.

delivered same_term

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.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The same-term appropriations law Pallone voted for included financing authority for health-center construction, renovation, modernization, and managed-care network development.

delivered same_term

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.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): 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.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The ACA, which Pallone supported by recorded vote, delivered a later-term expansion of community health center funding and capital support.

delivered later_term

Public Law 111-148 - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

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HHS, through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), today announced $102 million in New Access Points awards to significantly expand the reach of the Health Center Program.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): A recent official HHS/HRSA action delivered concrete expansion funding for community health centers, supporting 158 centers and 415 new sites nationwide.

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HHS Announces Historic Investment to Expand Health Center Program, Bringing Primary Care to Nearly 1 Million More Americans | HHS.gov
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%

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H.R. 9393, Lower Costs, More Transparency Act of 2026 [PDF]

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, the House Committee Repository updated the formal markup record for H.R. 9393, the current Pallone-linked health package that includes community health center provisions.

unresolved later_term A for effort

Full Committee Markup of Twenty-Nine Pieces of Legislation | Committee Repository | U.S. House of Representatives
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 78%

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And I am pleased we are considering legislation that would require community health centers to offer behavioral health and substance use disorder services and provide funding for centers that don’t already offer these services.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Pallone personally endorsed committee consideration of legislation to require and fund expanded behavioral-health and substance-use services at community health centers.

unresolved later_term A for effort

HMKP-119-IF00-MState-P000034-20260720.pdf
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to provide enhanced funding to provide the services specified in subclause (VI) of section 330(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Public Health Service Act, $250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 and 2028

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The committee substitute for H.R. 9393 would provide new multi-year enhanced funding for community health center behavioral, mental health, and substance-use services, but it was not yet enacted in the searched record.

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BILLS-119-HR9393-A000370-Amdt-7.pdf
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

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H.R. 9393, the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act of 2026, was forwarded to the Full House, as amended, by a roll call vote of 45 yeas - 0 nays.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously advanced H.R. 9393 as amended, documenting concrete legislative effort short of enactment.

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The House Committee on Energy and Commerce Advances 17 Bills to the Full House of Representatives
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

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