HR 1744 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

American Job Protection Act

Introduced May 5, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Charles W. Boustany, Jr. R-LA

Latest action · May 11, 2011 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.

IntroducedMay 5, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

American Job Protection Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal provisions added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requiring certain employers who have a workforce of 50 or more full-time employees to provide health insurance coverage for their employees.

Cosponsors 213

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 5, 2011 to Sep 21, 2012; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-GA	John Barrow	Original	May 5, 2011
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi	Original	May 5, 2011
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		May 10, 2011
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		May 10, 2011
R-CO	Mike Coffman		May 10, 2011
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble		May 11, 2011
R-NH	Frank C. Guinta		May 13, 2011
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins		May 13, 2011
R-FL	Steve Southerland II		May 13, 2011
R-IN	Larry Bucshon		May 24, 2011
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam		May 24, 2011
R-TN	Diane Black		May 25, 2011
R-KY	Geoff Davis		May 25, 2011
R-IL	Aaron Schock		May 26, 2011
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		May 26, 2011
R-WY	Cynthia M. Lummis		May 26, 2011
R-WA	David G. Reichert		May 26, 2011
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross		May 26, 2011
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		May 26, 2011
R-TX	John Abney Culberson		May 26, 2011
R-TX	Louie Gohmert		May 26, 2011
R-TX	Ron Paul		May 26, 2011
R-TX	Ted Poe		May 26, 2011
R-AZ	Trent Franks		May 26, 2011
R-MS	Alan Nunnelee		May 31, 2011
R-CO	Cory Gardner		May 31, 2011
R-WV	David B. McKinley		May 31, 2011
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick		May 31, 2011
R-OH	Steve Stivers		May 31, 2011
R-AZ	David Schweikert		Jun 1, 2011
R-TX	Francisco "Quico" Canseco		Jun 1, 2011
R-LA	Jeffrey M. Landry		Jun 1, 2011
R-LA	Bill Cassidy		Jun 3, 2011
R-CA	Darrell Issa		Jun 3, 2011
R-LA	John Fleming		Jun 3, 2011
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		Jun 3, 2011
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Jun 3, 2011
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry		Jun 3, 2011
R-TX	Sam Johnson		Jun 3, 2011
R-GA	Tom Price		Jun 3, 2011
R-FL	Vern Buchanan		Jun 3, 2011
R-MD	Andy Harris		Jun 13, 2011
R-TX	Blake Farenthold		Jun 13, 2011
R-CA	Devin Nunes		Jun 13, 2011
R-VA	E. Scott Rigell		Jun 13, 2011
R-SC	Jeff Duncan		Jun 13, 2011
R-TX	Joe Barton		Jun 13, 2011
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts		Jun 13, 2011
R-SD	Kristi L. Noem		Jun 13, 2011
R-NJ	Leonard Lance		Jun 13, 2011
R-PA	Lou Barletta		Jun 13, 2011
R-CA	Mary Bono		Jun 13, 2011
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		Jun 13, 2011
R-ID	Raul R. Labrador		Jun 13, 2011
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais		Jun 13, 2011
R-NM	Stevan Pearce		Jun 13, 2011
R-KS	Tim Huelskamp		Jun 13, 2011
R-MI	Tim Walberg		Jun 13, 2011
R-SC	Trey Gowdy		Jun 13, 2011
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger		Jun 14, 2011
R-NV	Joseph J. Heck		Jun 14, 2011
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Jun 14, 2011
R-TX	Kevin Brady		Jun 14, 2011
R-WI	Paul D. Ryan		Jun 14, 2011
R-LA	Steve Scalise		Jun 14, 2011
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		Jun 14, 2011
R-MO	Billy Long		Jun 15, 2011
R-MN	Erik Paulsen		Jun 15, 2011
R-GA	Paul C. Broun		Jun 15, 2011
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney		Jun 15, 2011
R-FL	Cliff Stearns		Jun 16, 2011
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		Jun 16, 2011
R-ND	Rick Berg		Jun 16, 2011
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo		Jun 16, 2011
R-GA	Austin Scott		Jun 21, 2011
R-TN	David P. Roe		Jun 21, 2011
R-MS	Gregg Harper		Jun 21, 2011
R-OH	James B. Renacci		Jun 21, 2011
R-OK	James Lankford		Jun 21, 2011
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		Jun 21, 2011
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Jun 21, 2011
R-UT	Jason Chaffetz		Jun 22, 2011
R-SC	Tim Scott		Jun 23, 2011
R-IN	Todd Rokita		Jun 23, 2011
R-FL	Allen B. West		Jun 24, 2011
R-FL	David Rivera		Jun 24, 2011
R-IN	Marlin A. Stutzman		Jun 24, 2011
R-KS	Mike Pompeo		Jun 24, 2011
R-OH	Steve Austria		Jun 24, 2011
R-TX	Bill Flores		Jul 6, 2011
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Jul 6, 2011
R-AL	Mo Brooks		Jul 6, 2011
R-NY	Richard L. Hanna		Jul 6, 2011
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler		Jul 7, 2011
R-OH	Bob Gibbs		Jul 8, 2011
R-MI	Mike Rogers		Jul 8, 2011
R-IL	Randy Hultgren		Jul 8, 2011
R-CA	Tom McClintock		Jul 8, 2011
R-GA	Jack Kingston		Jul 11, 2011
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		Jul 11, 2011
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Jul 11, 2011
R-IN	Todd Young		Jul 11, 2011
R-FL	Daniel Webster		Jul 12, 2011
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Jul 12, 2011
R-KY	Ed Whitfield		Jul 12, 2011
R-OK	John Sullivan		Jul 12, 2011
R-NE	Lee Terry		Jul 12, 2011
R-GA	Phil Gingrey		Jul 12, 2011
R-NY	Tom Reed		Jul 12, 2011
R-CA	Wally Herger		Jul 12, 2011
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland		Jul 13, 2011
R-NY	Ann Marie Buerkle		Jul 14, 2011
R-MI	Dan Benishek		Jul 14, 2011
R-IL	Robert T. Schilling		Jul 14, 2011
R-MI	Bill Huizenga		Jul 15, 2011
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Jul 15, 2011
R-NH	Charles F. Bass		Jul 15, 2011
D-OK	Dan Boren		Jul 15, 2011
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Jul 15, 2011
R-NC	Renee L. Ellmers		Jul 19, 2011
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Jul 20, 2011
R-CA	Howard P. "Buck" McKeon		Jul 20, 2011
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Jul 20, 2011
R-TX	Pete Olson		Jul 21, 2011
R-IL	Robert J. Dold		Jul 21, 2011
R-CA	Jeff Denham		Jul 26, 2011
R-AR	Steve Womack		Jul 26, 2011
R-AR	Tim Griffin		Jul 26, 2011
R-MI	Candice S. Miller		Jul 27, 2011
R-NY	Christopher P. Gibson		Jul 29, 2011
R-CA	Brian P. Bilbray		Aug 5, 2011
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		Aug 16, 2011
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		Aug 26, 2011
R-NY	Michael G. Grimm		Aug 26, 2011
R-TN	Stephen Lee Fincher		Sep 6, 2011
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Sep 6, 2011
R-NE	Adrian Smith		Sep 7, 2011
R-MO	Sam Graves		Sep 7, 2011
R-IL	Joe Walsh		Sep 9, 2011
R-TX	John R. Carter		Sep 9, 2011
R-LA	Rodney Alexander		Sep 9, 2011
R-IL	Judy Biggert		Sep 12, 2011
R-PA	Patrick Meehan		Sep 13, 2011
R-OR	Greg Walden		Sep 14, 2011
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		Sep 14, 2011
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Sep 23, 2011
R-GA	Rob Woodall		Sep 26, 2011
R-AL	Jo Bonner		Oct 3, 2011
R-MO	W. Todd Akin		Oct 3, 2011
R-IN	Mike Pence		Oct 4, 2011
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		Oct 4, 2011
R-CA	Gary G. Miller		Oct 5, 2011
R-FL	Connie Mack		Oct 6, 2011
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		Oct 11, 2011
R-CA	Edward R. Royce		Oct 13, 2011
R-IL	John Shimkus		Oct 13, 2011
R-NY	Nan A. S. Hayworth		Oct 13, 2011
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes		Oct 18, 2011
R-PA	Mike Kelly		Oct 25, 2011
R-OK	Tom Cole		Oct 25, 2011
R-IN	Dan Burton		Nov 1, 2011
R-CA	Daniel E. Lungren		Nov 1, 2011
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo		Nov 1, 2011
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith		Nov 2, 2011
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Nov 4, 2011
R-FL	Bill Posey		Nov 10, 2011
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Nov 14, 2011
R-AL	Martha Roby		Nov 15, 2011
R-WI	Sean P. Duffy		Nov 17, 2011
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Nov 18, 2011
R-KS	Kevin Yoder		Nov 29, 2011
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Nov 29, 2011
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick		Nov 29, 2011
R-TX	Kay Granger		Dec 1, 2011
I-MI	Justin Amash		Dec 2, 2011
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Dec 6, 2011
R-PA	Tom Marino		Dec 8, 2011
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton		Dec 12, 2011
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann		Dec 15, 2011
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Dec 19, 2011
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer		Dec 20, 2011
R-SC	Mick Mulvaney		Jan 6, 2012
R-FL	Sandy Adams		Jan 23, 2012
R-UT	Rob Bishop		Jan 24, 2012
R-IA	Tom Latham		Jan 24, 2012
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Jan 24, 2012
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Jan 27, 2012
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Jan 27, 2012
R-PA	Charles W. Dent		Jan 31, 2012
R-OH	Jean Schmidt		Jan 31, 2012
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson		Jan 31, 2012
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher		Feb 1, 2012
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Feb 6, 2012
R-CA	Elton Gallegly		Feb 7, 2012
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		Feb 7, 2012
R-FL	C. W. Bill Young		Feb 9, 2012
R-AK	Don Young		Feb 15, 2012
R-AZ	Jeff Flake		Feb 15, 2012
R-NY	Peter T. King		Feb 15, 2012
R-MT	Denny Rehberg		Feb 16, 2012
R-WA	Doc Hastings		Feb 28, 2012
R-NC	Howard Coble		Mar 1, 2012
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Mar 5, 2012
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Mar 5, 2012
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		Mar 13, 2012
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw		Mar 16, 2012
R-MN	Chip Cravaack		Mar 28, 2012
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling		Mar 28, 2012
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Apr 18, 2012
R-TX	Lamar Smith		Apr 19, 2012
R-AZ	Benjamin Quayle		May 15, 2012
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Sep 19, 2012
R-CA	John Campbell		Sep 21, 2012

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred May 5, 2011
	Health Subcommittee	Referred May 11, 2011

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 11, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 5, 2011Introduced in House
May 5, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H3110.

Related bills 2

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 3487	Job Creation Act of 2011	Related bill	Mar 29, 2012
HR 6048	Healthcare Tax Relief and Mandate Repeal Act	Related bill	Jun 28, 2012

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the employer health insurance mandate.
Short Titles as Introduced: American Job Protection Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

May 5, 2011Introduced in House

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