Reform Americans Can Afford Act of 2010
Latest action · Aug 10, 2010 Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Herger. Petition No: 111-12. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/111/lrc/pd/Petitions/Dis12.htm">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
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.
- IntroducedMay 27, 2010
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Reform Americans Can Afford Act of 2010 - Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of their enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by such Acts.
Enacts the Common Sense Health Care Reform and Affordability Act (H.R. 4038), as introduced in the House of Representatives on November 9, 2009.
Cosponsors 49
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 27, 2010 to Aug 10, 2010; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WA | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Original | May 27, 2010 |
| R-LA | Charles W. Boustany, Jr. | Original | May 27, 2010 |
| R-MI | Dave Camp | Original | May 27, 2010 |
| R-WA | David G. Reichert | Original | May 27, 2010 |
| R-NV | Dean Heller | Original | May 27, 2010 |
| R-VA | Eric Cantor | Original | May 27, 2010 |
| R-KY | Geoff Davis | Original | May 27, 2010 |
| R-TX | Joe Barton | Original | May 27, 2010 |
| R-OH | John A. Boehner | Original | May 27, 2010 |
| R-MN | John Kline | Original | May 27, 2010 |
| R-GA | John Linder | Original | May 27, 2010 |
| R-IL | John Shimkus | Original | May 27, 2010 |
| R-TX | Kevin Brady | Original | May 27, 2010 |
| R-CA | Kevin McCarthy | Original | May 27, 2010 |
| R-IN | Mike Pence | Original | May 27, 2010 |
Committees 8
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 27, 2010 |
| House | Appropriations Committee | Referred May 27, 2010 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred May 27, 2010 |
| Trade Subcommittee | Referred Jun 1, 2010 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred May 27, 2010 |
| Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee | Referred Jun 29, 2010 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred May 27, 2010 |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred May 27, 2010 |
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred May 27, 2010 |
| House | Rules Committee | Referred May 27, 2010 |
Actions 13
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 10, 2010Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Herger. Petition No: 111-12. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/111/lrc/pd/Petitions/Dis12.htm">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
- Jun 29, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
- Jun 1, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- May 27, 2010Introduced in House
- May 27, 2010Referred to House Energy and Commerce
- May 27, 2010Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, Ways and Means, Education and Labor, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, House Administration, and Rules, 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.
- May 27, 2010Referred to House Appropriations
- May 27, 2010Referred to House Ways and Means
- May 27, 2010Referred to House Education and Labor
- May 27, 2010Referred to House Judiciary
- May 27, 2010Referred to House Natural Resources
- May 27, 2010Referred to House Administration
- May 27, 2010Referred to House Rules
In the Congressional Record 3
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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 111-48 | HEARING TO REVIEW U.S. AGRICULTURE POLICY IN ADVANCE OF THE 2012 FARM BILL, PART 2 (Final)920 pages | Agriculture Committee | Apr 30, 2010–Jun 28, 2010 |
| S. Hrg. 111-592 | SECURE WATER ACT68 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Mar 16, 2010 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 and enact the Common Sense Health Care Reform and Affordability Act.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Reform Americans Can Afford Act of 2010
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Abortion
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Administrative remedies
- Advisory bodies
- Bankruptcy
- Civil actions and liability
- Comprehensive health care
- Consumer affairs
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Family relationships
- Federal-Indian relations
- Government information and archives
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Income tax credits
- Intellectual property
- Judicial procedure and administration
- Licensing and registrations
- Medicaid
- Medical research
- Medicare
- Small business
- State and local government operations
- State and local taxation
- User charges and fees
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 27, 2010Introduced 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.
