To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts.
Latest action · Dec 22, 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.
- IntroducedDec 19, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat membership in a tax-exempt health care sharing ministry as coverage under a high deductible health plan for purposes of the tax deduction for contributions to a health savings account.
Cosponsors 29
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 19, 2011 to Sep 19, 2012; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Original | Dec 19, 2011 |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Feb 2, 2012 | |
| R-GA | Austin Scott | Feb 13, 2012 | |
| R-PA | Joseph R. Pitts | Feb 13, 2012 | |
| R-IL | Peter J. Roskam | Feb 13, 2012 | |
| R-MD | Andy Harris | Feb 29, 2012 | |
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | Feb 29, 2012 | |
| R-MI | Bill Huizenga | Mar 20, 2012 | |
| R-IL | John Shimkus | Mar 20, 2012 | |
| R-VA | J. Randy Forbes | Mar 29, 2012 | |
| R-MN | Michele Bachmann | Apr 17, 2012 | |
| R-KS | Tim Huelskamp | Apr 17, 2012 | |
| R-IA | Tom Latham | Apr 17, 2012 | |
| R-GA | Tom Price | Apr 17, 2012 | |
| R-FL | Dennis A. Ross | Apr 26, 2012 | |
| R-KS | Kevin Yoder | Apr 26, 2012 | |
| R-GA | Lynn A. Westmoreland | Apr 26, 2012 | |
| R-FL | Steve Southerland II | Apr 26, 2012 | |
| R-SD | Kristi L. Noem | May 7, 2012 | |
| R-AZ | David Schweikert | May 9, 2012 | |
| R-TX | John R. Carter | May 17, 2012 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | May 18, 2012 | |
| R-IL | Robert T. Schilling | Jul 17, 2012 | |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Jul 18, 2012 | |
| R-NE | Jeff Fortenberry | Jul 18, 2012 | |
| R-TX | Ron Paul | Aug 2, 2012 | |
| R-IA | Steve King | Aug 2, 2012 | |
| R-VA | Bob Goodlatte | Sep 19, 2012 | |
| R-CA | Devin Nunes | Sep 19, 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 Dec 19, 2011 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Dec 22, 2011 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 22, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Dec 19, 2011Introduced in House
- Dec 19, 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H9945.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2011Introduced 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.
