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S 2218 116th Congress Senate Health American Samoa Caribbean area Foreign aid and international relief Guam Marshall Islands Medicaid Micronesia Northern Mariana Islands Oceania Palau Puerto Rico U.S. territories and protectorates Virgin Islands

Covering our FAS Allies Act

Introduced: July 23, 2019 Introduced by: Hirono, Mazie K. Democratic · Hawaii See on congress.gov
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Jul 23, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 23, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Covering our FAS Allies Act

This bill permits Medicaid coverage for citizens of the Freely Associated States (the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau) lawfully residing in the United States under the Compacts of Free Association.

What's happening now July 23, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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  • HR 4821 Identical bill Covering our FAS Allies Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Nov 20, 2019
 D
Schatz, Brian
Hawaii · Jul 23, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2218: Covering our FAS Allies Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2218/
MLA
"S. 2218: Covering our FAS Allies Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2218/.
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S. 2218, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2218/.
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[S. 2218: Covering our FAS Allies Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2218/)
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