HR 1173 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2011

Introduced Mar 17, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Charles W. Boustany, Jr. R-LA

Latest action · Feb 28, 2012 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 331.

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.

IntroducedMar 17, 2011
Passed HouseFeb 1, 2012
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2012 - Repeals provisions of the Public Health Service Act enacted under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (entitled the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act or the CLASS Act) which establish a national, voluntary insurance program for purchasing community living assistance services and supports in order to provide individuals with functional limitations with tools that will allow them to maintain their personal and financial independence and live in the community.

Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to convert funding for the National Clearinghouse for Long-Term Care Information from a direct appropriation to an authorization of appropriations.

Recorded votes 6

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Roll call	Question	Result	Date
House 18	On Passage	Passed267–159	Feb 1, 2012

House 17	On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Failed175–247	Feb 1, 2012

House 16	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Failed160–264	Feb 1, 2012

House 15	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Failed164–260	Feb 1, 2012

House 14	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Failed157–264	Feb 1, 2012

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Cosponsors 112

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 17, 2011 to Jan 23, 2012; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski	Original	Mar 17, 2011
R-TN	David P. Roe	Original	Mar 17, 2011
R-CA	Edward R. Royce	Original	Mar 17, 2011
R-PA	Glenn Thompson	Original	Mar 17, 2011
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn	Original	Mar 17, 2011
R-GA	Phil Gingrey	Original	Mar 17, 2011
R-TX	Ron Paul	Original	Mar 17, 2011
R-MO	W. Todd Akin	Original	Mar 17, 2011
R-SC	Jeff Duncan		Mar 29, 2011
R-AR	Tim Griffin		Mar 29, 2011
R-CA	Tom McClintock		Mar 29, 2011
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling		Apr 14, 2011
R-IN	Dan Burton		May 3, 2011
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		May 24, 2011
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross		May 25, 2011
R-MS	Alan Nunnelee		May 31, 2011
R-FL	Bill Posey		Jun 2, 2011
R-MS	Gregg Harper		Jun 14, 2011
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Jun 14, 2011
R-IN	Larry Bucshon		Jun 14, 2011
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais		Jun 14, 2011
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo		Jun 15, 2011
R-LA	Rodney Alexander		Jun 15, 2011
R-UT	Jason Chaffetz		Jun 16, 2011
R-MI	Candice S. Miller		Jun 21, 2011
R-TX	Francisco "Quico" Canseco		Jun 21, 2011
R-CA	Darrell Issa		Jun 22, 2011
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		Jun 22, 2011
R-LA	John Fleming		Jun 22, 2011
R-MO	Billy Long		Jun 23, 2011
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Jul 6, 2011
R-WI	Paul D. Ryan		Jul 15, 2011
R-IL	Aaron Schock		Jul 22, 2011
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Aug 1, 2011
R-GA	Jack Kingston		Aug 5, 2011
R-FL	Cliff Stearns		Aug 16, 2011
R-OR	Greg Walden		Sep 14, 2011
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo		Oct 4, 2011
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland		Oct 11, 2011
R-MD	Andy Harris		Oct 12, 2011
R-MI	Bill Huizenga		Oct 12, 2011
R-TX	Kevin Brady		Oct 12, 2011
R-KS	Mike Pompeo		Oct 12, 2011
R-NM	Stevan Pearce		Oct 12, 2011
R-LA	Steve Scalise		Oct 12, 2011
R-GA	Tom Graves		Oct 12, 2011
R-AZ	Trent Franks		Oct 12, 2011
R-IL	Joe Walsh		Oct 13, 2011
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Oct 18, 2011
R-LA	Bill Cassidy		Oct 21, 2011
R-TX	Blake Farenthold		Oct 21, 2011
R-WV	David B. McKinley		Oct 21, 2011
R-TN	Diane Black		Oct 21, 2011
R-OK	James Lankford		Oct 21, 2011
R-AL	Jo Bonner		Oct 21, 2011
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Oct 21, 2011
R-NJ	Leonard Lance		Oct 21, 2011
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Oct 21, 2011
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Oct 21, 2011
R-MI	Mike Rogers		Oct 21, 2011
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Oct 21, 2011
R-TX	Pete Olson		Oct 21, 2011
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Oct 21, 2011
R-PA	Tom Marino		Oct 21, 2011
R-SC	Trey Gowdy		Oct 21, 2011
R-MT	Denny Rehberg		Oct 24, 2011
R-CA	Devin Nunes		Oct 24, 2011
R-KY	Geoff Davis		Oct 24, 2011
R-OK	John Sullivan		Oct 24, 2011
R-TX	Sam Johnson		Oct 24, 2011
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Oct 24, 2011
R-KS	Tim Huelskamp		Oct 24, 2011
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Oct 24, 2011
R-MI	Dan Benishek		Oct 25, 2011
R-PA	Mike Kelly		Oct 25, 2011
R-GA	Austin Scott		Oct 26, 2011
R-TX	Bill Flores		Oct 26, 2011
R-MN	Erik Paulsen		Oct 26, 2011
D-UT	Jim Matheson		Oct 26, 2011
R-IL	John Shimkus		Oct 26, 2011
R-AL	Martha Roby		Oct 26, 2011
R-AL	Mo Brooks		Oct 26, 2011
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble		Oct 26, 2011
R-FL	Steve Southerland II		Oct 26, 2011
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		Oct 26, 2011
R-NV	Joseph J. Heck		Oct 31, 2011
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Oct 31, 2011
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw		Nov 1, 2011
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Nov 1, 2011
R-CA	Brian P. Bilbray		Nov 1, 2011
R-CA	Jeff Denham		Nov 1, 2011
R-NE	Lee Terry		Nov 1, 2011
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Nov 1, 2011
R-IN	Mike Pence		Nov 1, 2011
R-NC	Renee L. Ellmers		Nov 1, 2011
R-NH	Frank C. Guinta		Nov 2, 2011
R-CA	Gary G. Miller		Nov 2, 2011
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Nov 2, 2011
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		Nov 2, 2011
R-GA	Paul C. Broun		Nov 2, 2011
R-IN	Todd Rokita		Nov 2, 2011
R-OH	Bob Gibbs		Nov 10, 2011
R-NY	Nan A. S. Hayworth		Nov 10, 2011
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Nov 10, 2011
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Nov 14, 2011
R-NE	Adrian Smith		Nov 15, 2011
R-MN	John Kline		Nov 15, 2011
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Nov 17, 2011
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins		Jan 17, 2012
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Jan 17, 2012
R-MN	Chip Cravaack		Jan 23, 2012
R-AZ	Jeff Flake		Jan 23, 2012

Committees 2

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 Mar 17, 2011Markup Nov 29, 2011Reported Dec 23, 2011
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Mar 28, 2011Markup Nov 15, 2011Reported Nov 15, 2011
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Mar 17, 2011Markup Jan 18, 2012Reported Jan 23, 2012
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Mar 22, 2011

Actions 43

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 28, 2012Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 331.
Feb 27, 2012Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Feb 2, 2012Received in the Senate.
Feb 1, 2012Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 522. (consideration: CR H322-354)
Feb 1, 2012Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1173 with 1 hour of general debate. Motion to recommit with or without instructions allowed. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. The resolution makes in order the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Energy and Commerce now printed in the bill for the purpose of amendment. The resolution makes in order only those amendments that are submitted for printing in the Congressional Record not later than the legislative day of Tuesday, January 31, 2012, or pro forma amendments for the purpose of debate. The bill shall be considered for amendment for a period not to exceed three hours.

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In the Congressional Record 9

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
House	Debate and remarks H4785	Daniel Lipinski D-IL	Jul 11, 2012
Senate	Debate and remarks S1063	Harry Reid D-NV	Feb 28, 2012
Senate	Debate and remarks S1062	Mark L. Pryor D-AR	Feb 27, 2012
House	Debate and remarks H590	Pete Sessions R-TX	Feb 8, 2012
Extensions	Debate and remarks E141	Laura Richardson D-CA	Feb 6, 2012

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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.

Committee reports

Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2

Jan 20, 2012H.R. 1173, Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2011Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on January 18, 2012
Dec 22, 2011H.R. 1173, Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2011Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on November 30, 2011

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 7.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1986.

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. 112-101	CLASS CANCELED: AN UNSUSTAINABLE PROGRAM AND ITS CONSEQUENCES FOR THE NATION'S DEFICIT202 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	Oct 26, 2011
Serial No. 112-85	CUTTING THE RED TAPE: SAVING JOBS FROM PPACA'S HARMFUL REGULATIONS135 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	Sep 15, 2011

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R45244	Legislative Actions to Modify the Affordable Care Act in the 111th-115th Congresses	Report	Jun 27, 2018

Amendments 4

Amendments offered to this bill.

Amendment	Description	Offered by	Status
HAmdt 910	An amendment numbered 2 printed in the Congressional Record to propose adding a new section requiring a study on the impact of not having long-term care insurance on the Federal, State and local governments.	Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX	On agreeing to the Jackson Lee (TX) amendment (A001) Failed by recorded vote: 161 - 263 (Roll no. 13).
HAmdt 911	An amendment numbered 1 printed in the Congressional Record to add a new section to ensure market penetration for private long-term care insurance.	Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX	On agreeing to the Jackson Lee (TX) amendment (A002) Failed by recorded vote: 157 - 264 (Roll no. 14).
HAmdt 912	An amendment numbered 4 printed in the Congressional Record to propose adding a new section to prevent an increase in medicaid spending.	Theodore E. Deutch D-FL	On agreeing to the Deutch amendment (A003) Failed by recorded vote: 164 - 260 (Roll no. 15).
HAmdt 913	An amendment numbered 5 printed in the Congressional Record to propose adding a new section for class program flexibility.	Theodore E. Deutch D-FL	On agreeing to the Deutch amendment (A004) Failed by recorded vote: 160 - 264 (Roll no. 16).

Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 8	American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012	Related bill	Jan 2, 2013
HRES 522	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1173) to repeal the CLASS program.	Procedurally related	Jan 31, 2012
S 720	Repeal the CLASS Entitlement Act	Related bill	Apr 4, 2011

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To repeal the CLASS program.
Short Titles as Introduced: Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2011

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

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