Health Care Reality Check Act
Latest action · Dec 16, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 8, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Health Care Reality Check Act - Makes a Member of Congress ineligible for any government-administered health care benefit until the first day of the first month following the date on which comprehensive health reform legislation is signed into law.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 4, 2010.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Feb 4, 2010 |
Committees 5
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Dec 8, 2009 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Dec 8, 2009 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Dec 8, 2009 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Dec 16, 2009 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Dec 8, 2009 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Dec 9, 2009 | |
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Dec 8, 2009 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Dec 9, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Dec 8, 2009Introduced in House
- Dec 8, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2911-2912)
- Dec 8, 2009Referred to House Administration
- Dec 8, 2009Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Dec 8, 2009Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
- Dec 8, 2009Referred to House Ways and Means
- Dec 8, 2009Referred to House Energy and Commerce
- Dec 8, 2009Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E2911 | Earl Blumenauer D-OR | Dec 8, 2009 |
| House | Debate and remarks H13523 | Earl Blumenauer D-OR | Dec 7, 2009 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To limit access of Members of Congress to Government-administered health care benefits so long as comprehensive health reform legislation has not become law.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Health Care Reality Check Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 8, 2009Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
