HR 434 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

To prevent the Secretary of the Treasury from hiring new employees to enforce the individual health insurance mandate.

Introduced Jan 25, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Cathy McMorris Rodgers R-WA

Latest action · Jan 25, 2011 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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.

IntroducedJan 25, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from hiring any employee to carry out or enforce the provision of the Internal Revenue Code, as added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, that requires individuals and their dependents to maintain minimum essential health care coverage.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 8, 2011.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-IL	Aaron Schock		Mar 8, 2011

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 Jan 25, 2011

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 25, 2011Introduced in House
Jan 25, 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: The Vesting Clauses of Articles I, II, and III along with the Supremacy Clause of Article VI, as well as of the Oath of Office that each constitutional officer of the Federal government must take pursuant to Article VI make clear that each coordinate branch of government must ensure that their actions are constitutional. This bill is enacted pursuant to Congress' legislative powers under Article I, Section 1, of the Constitution, and the oath to support the Constitution that all Members are required to take under Article VI. Under those provisions, Congress has the authority to prevent the enforcement of unconstitutional federal laws previously passed.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H471.

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced: To prevent the Secretary of the Treasury from hiring new employees to enforce the individual health insurance mandate.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 25, 2011Introduced in House

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