Health Care Cost Reduction Act of 2012
Latest action · Jun 12, 2012 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 427.
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 HouseJun 7, 2012
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Health Care Cost Reduction Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the excise tax on medical devices; (2) repeal restrictions on payments from health savings accounts, Archer medical savings accounts, and health flexible spending and reimbursement arrangements to only prescription drugs or insulin (thus allowing distributions from such accounts for over-the-counter drugs); (3) allow amounts in a flexible spending arrangement (FSA), up to $500, that are not spent for medical care to be distributed to the FSA participant as taxable income after the close of a plan year (currently, such unspent amounts are forfeited); and (4) repeal the limitation on the recapture of advance payments of the tax credit for health insurance premium assistance that exceed the allowable credit amount for a taxable year.
Recorded votes 2
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 361 | On Passage | Passed270–146 | Jun 7, 2012 |
| House 360 | On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | Failed179–239 | Jun 7, 2012 |
Cosponsors 240
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 25, 2011 to May 31, 2012; 41 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MD | Andy Harris | Original | Jan 25, 2011 |
| R-NY | Ann Marie Buerkle | Original | Jan 25, 2011 |
| R-TX | Bill Flores | Original | Jan 25, 2011 |
| R-OH | Bob Gibbs | Original | Jan 25, 2011 |
| R-VA | Bob Goodlatte | Original | Jan 25, 2011 |
| R-CA | Brian P. Bilbray | Original | Jan 25, 2011 |
| R-WA | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Original | Jan 25, 2011 |
| R-PA | Charles W. Dent | Original | Jan 25, 2011 |
| R-MN | Chip Cravaack | Original | Jan 25, 2011 |
| R-NY | Christopher J. Lee | Original | Jan 25, 2011 |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Original | Jan 25, 2011 |
| R-WA | David G. Reichert | Original | Jan 25, 2011 |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Original | Jan 25, 2011 |
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | Original | Jan 25, 2011 |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Original | Jan 25, 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, 2011Markup May 31, 2012Reported Jun 5, 2012 |
Actions 20
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 12, 2012Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 427.
- Jun 11, 2012Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
- Jun 7, 2012Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 679. (consideration: CR H3601-3615)
- Jun 7, 2012Resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 436 and H.R. 5882. Debate on H.R. 436 will continue for not to exceed 90 minutes, equally divided and controlled. H.R. 436 is closed to amendments. General debate on H.R. 5882 will continue for not to exceed one hour, equally divided and controlled. Specified amendments to H.R. 5882 are in order.
- Jun 7, 2012DEBATE - The House proceeded with 90 minutes of debate on H.R. 436.
- Jun 7, 2012The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H3615)
- Jun 7, 2012POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule 19, further consideration of the bill H.R. 436 is postponed.
- Jun 7, 2012Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3615-3618)
- Jun 7, 2012Mr. Bishop (NY) moved to recommit with instructions to Ways and Means. (consideration: CR H3615-3617; text: CR H3616)
- Jun 7, 2012DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Bishop(NY) motion to recommit with instructions pending reservation of a point of order. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the house with an amendment to prohibit manufacturers, producers, and importers of medical devices from benefiting from the underlying bill's repeal of the medical device tax if they outsource American jobs. Subsequently, the reservation was withdrawn.
- Jun 7, 2012The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H3615-3617)
- Jun 7, 2012On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 179 - 239 (Roll no. 360). (consideration: CR H3617)
- Jun 7, 2012Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 270 - 146 (Roll no. 361). (text: CR H3601)
- Jun 7, 2012Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jun 5, 2012Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 112-514.
- Jun 5, 2012Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 362.
- May 31, 2012Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 31, 2012Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 11.
- Jan 25, 2011Introduced in House
- Jan 25, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
In the Congressional Record 12
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 H6810 | Jason Altmire D-PA | Dec 17, 2012 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1124 | Christopher Murphy D-CT | Jun 21, 2012 |
| House | Debate and remarks H3797, H3798 | Joseph J. Heck R-NV, Todd Young R-IN | Jun 19, 2012 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1052 | Loretta Sanchez D-CA | Jun 18, 2012 |
| Senate · Extensions | Debate and remarks E1041, S3931 | John C. Carney, Jr. D-DE | Jun 12, 2012 |
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 report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Jun 5, 2012H.R. 436, Health Care Cost Reduction Act of 2012As posted on the Web site of the House Committee on Rules (Committee Print 112-23)
- Jun 4, 2012H.R. 436, the Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2012As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 31, 2012
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H471.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
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 |
| R42500 | Legislative Branch: FY2013 Appropriations Archived | Report | May 2, 2013 |
Amendments 2
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAmdt 1256 | No description on file | Rules Committee | House amendment offered |
| HAmdt 1257 | The rule provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 112-23 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. | Rules Committee | House amendment offered |
Related bills 6
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 17 | Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act | Related bill | Jan 25, 2011 |
| S 262 | A bill to repeal the excise tax on medical device manufacturers. | Related bill | Feb 3, 2011 |
| HR 488 | Save Our Medical Devices Act of 2011 | Related bill | Jan 26, 2011 |
| HRES 679 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 436) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on medical devices, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5882) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Jun 7, 2012 |
| HR 734 | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the medical device tax, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Feb 16, 2011 |
Titles 4
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 excise tax on medical devices.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2011
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2012
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Health Care Cost Reduction Act of 2012
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 12, 2012Placed on Calendar Senate
- Jun 7, 2012Engrossed in House
- Jun 5, 2012Reported in House
- Jan 25, 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.
