HR 436 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Health Care Cost Reduction Act of 2012

Introduced Jan 25, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Erik Paulsen R-MN

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

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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
R-NH	Frank C. Guinta	Original	Jan 25, 2011
R-OK	James Lankford	Original	Jan 25, 2011
D-PA	Jason Altmire	Original	Jan 25, 2011
R-UT	Jason Chaffetz	Original	Jan 25, 2011
R-OH	Jean Schmidt	Original	Jan 25, 2011
R-PA	Jim Gerlach	Original	Jan 25, 2011
R-IL	Joe Walsh	Original	Jan 25, 2011
R-CA	John Campbell	Original	Jan 25, 2011
R-LA	John Fleming	Original	Jan 25, 2011
R-MN	John Kline	Original	Jan 25, 2011
R-TX	Kenny Marchant	Original	Jan 25, 2011
R-NJ	Leonard Lance	Original	Jan 25, 2011
R-IN	Marlin A. Stutzman	Original	Jan 25, 2011
R-MN	Michele Bachmann	Original	Jan 25, 2011
R-MI	Mike Rogers	Original	Jan 25, 2011
R-GA	Paul C. Broun	Original	Jan 25, 2011
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer	Original	Jan 25, 2011
R-NC	Renee L. Ellmers	Original	Jan 25, 2011
R-FL	Richard B. Nugent	Original	Jan 25, 2011
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett	Original	Jan 25, 2011
R-TX	Ted Poe	Original	Jan 25, 2011
R-IN	Todd Young	Original	Jan 25, 2011
R-OK	Tom Cole	Original	Jan 25, 2011
R-CA	Tom McClintock	Original	Jan 25, 2011
R-AZ	Trent Franks	Original	Jan 25, 2011
R-MO	W. Todd Akin	Original	Jan 25, 2011
R-CO	Cory Gardner		Feb 8, 2011
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross		Feb 8, 2011
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Feb 8, 2011
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Feb 8, 2011
R-IL	Robert J. Dold		Feb 8, 2011
R-MI	Candice S. Miller		Feb 9, 2011
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam		Feb 9, 2011
R-GA	Tom Price		Feb 9, 2011
R-FL	Bill Posey		Feb 10, 2011
R-FL	Cliff Stearns		Feb 10, 2011
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo		Feb 10, 2011
R-CA	Edward R. Royce		Feb 10, 2011
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Feb 10, 2011
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Feb 10, 2011
R-TX	Louie Gohmert		Feb 10, 2011
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen		Feb 10, 2011
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter		Feb 10, 2011
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney		Feb 10, 2011
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Feb 11, 2011
R-IL	Aaron Schock		Feb 16, 2011
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Feb 16, 2011
R-WV	David B. McKinley		Feb 16, 2011
R-MI	Fred Upton		Feb 16, 2011
R-CA	Gary G. Miller		Feb 16, 2011
R-TX	Joe Barton		Feb 16, 2011
R-TX	Kevin Brady		Feb 16, 2011
R-CA	Mary Bono		Feb 16, 2011
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		Feb 16, 2011
R-GA	Phil Gingrey		Feb 16, 2011
R-ND	Rick Berg		Feb 16, 2011
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		Feb 16, 2011
R-IN	Todd Rokita		Feb 16, 2011
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Feb 16, 2011
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Feb 18, 2011
R-CA	Darrell Issa		Feb 18, 2011
R-TN	Diane Black		Feb 18, 2011
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins		Feb 18, 2011
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Feb 18, 2011
R-TX	Pete Olson		Feb 18, 2011
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		Feb 18, 2011
R-FL	Vern Buchanan		Feb 18, 2011
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger		Feb 28, 2011
R-LA	Bill Cassidy		Feb 28, 2011
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Feb 28, 2011
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Feb 28, 2011
R-IL	John Shimkus		Feb 28, 2011
R-OK	John Sullivan		Feb 28, 2011
R-NE	Lee Terry		Feb 28, 2011
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		Feb 28, 2011
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Feb 28, 2011
R-NY	Nan A. S. Hayworth		Feb 28, 2011
R-PA	Patrick Meehan		Feb 28, 2011
R-TX	Ron Paul		Feb 28, 2011
R-TX	Sam Johnson		Feb 28, 2011
R-LA	Steve Scalise		Feb 28, 2011
R-NC	Virginia Foxx		Feb 28, 2011
R-KY	Ed Whitfield		Mar 1, 2011
R-NV	Joseph J. Heck		Mar 1, 2011
R-IN	Larry Bucshon		Mar 1, 2011
R-PA	Tom Marino		Mar 1, 2011
R-AZ	David Schweikert		Mar 2, 2011
R-SC	Tim Scott		Mar 3, 2011
R-NH	Charles F. Bass		Mar 8, 2011
R-KS	Kevin Yoder		Mar 8, 2011
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Mar 8, 2011
R-IN	Mike Pence		Mar 8, 2011
R-IL	Robert T. Schilling		Mar 8, 2011
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Mar 17, 2011
R-AR	Tim Griffin		Mar 17, 2011
R-SC	Jeff Duncan		Apr 1, 2011
R-NY	Richard L. Hanna		Apr 1, 2011
R-VA	Robert Hurt		Apr 1, 2011
R-WY	Cynthia M. Lummis		Apr 7, 2011
R-NV	Dean Heller		Apr 7, 2011
R-MS	Gregg Harper		Apr 7, 2011
R-CA	Jeff Denham		Apr 7, 2011
R-TX	John R. Carter		Apr 7, 2011
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Apr 7, 2011
R-TX	Blake Farenthold		Apr 15, 2011
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		Apr 15, 2011
R-KY	Geoff Davis		Apr 15, 2011
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling		Apr 15, 2011
R-TX	John Abney Culberson		Apr 15, 2011
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts		Apr 15, 2011
R-TX	Kay Granger		Apr 15, 2011
R-SD	Kristi L. Noem		Apr 15, 2011
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland		Apr 15, 2011
R-TX	Mac Thornberry		Apr 15, 2011
D-PA	Mark S. Critz		Apr 15, 2011
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Apr 15, 2011
R-KS	Mike Pompeo		Apr 15, 2011
R-AL	Mo Brooks		Apr 15, 2011
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Apr 15, 2011
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Apr 15, 2011
R-TN	Stephen Lee Fincher		Apr 15, 2011
R-MS	Alan Nunnelee		May 2, 2011
R-SC	Mick Mulvaney		May 2, 2011
R-GA	Austin Scott		May 5, 2011
R-FL	C. W. Bill Young		May 5, 2011
R-NY	Christopher P. Gibson		May 5, 2011
R-IL	Judy Biggert		May 5, 2011
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		May 5, 2011
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry		May 5, 2011
R-IL	Randy Hultgren		May 5, 2011
R-OH	Steve Chabot		May 5, 2011
R-OH	Steve Stivers		May 5, 2011
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		May 13, 2011
R-UT	Rob Bishop		May 13, 2011
R-NJ	Jon Runyan		May 24, 2011
R-AZ	Benjamin Quayle		May 26, 2011
R-ID	Raul R. Labrador		May 26, 2011
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick		May 26, 2011
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry		Jun 1, 2011
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw		Jun 22, 2011
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Jun 22, 2011
R-OH	Steve Austria		Jun 22, 2011
R-FL	Steve Southerland II		Jun 22, 2011
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Jun 22, 2011
R-FL	Connie Mack		Jun 23, 2011
R-NC	Howard Coble		Jun 23, 2011
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Jun 24, 2011
R-FL	John L. Mica		Jun 24, 2011
R-MT	Denny Rehberg		Jul 6, 2011
D-UT	Jim Matheson		Jul 11, 2011
R-IA	Steve King		Jul 11, 2011
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Jul 11, 2011
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais		Jul 12, 2011
R-PA	Mike Kelly		Jul 13, 2011
R-MI	Dan Benishek		Jul 15, 2011
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes		Jul 15, 2011
R-NY	Michael G. Grimm		Jul 15, 2011
R-KS	Tim Huelskamp		Jul 15, 2011
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Jul 26, 2011
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble		Jul 26, 2011
R-GA	Tom Graves		Jul 27, 2011
R-SC	Trey Gowdy		Jul 27, 2011
R-MI	Bill Huizenga		Jul 28, 2011
R-FL	Daniel Webster		Jul 29, 2011
R-GA	Rob Woodall		Jul 30, 2011
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton		Jul 30, 2011
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo		Jul 30, 2011
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann		Aug 1, 2011
R-TX	Francisco "Quico" Canseco		Aug 1, 2011
R-AR	Steve Womack		Aug 1, 2011
R-NY	Tom Reed		Aug 1, 2011
R-AL	Martha Roby		Aug 5, 2011
R-OH	James B. Renacci		Sep 7, 2011
R-MO	Billy Long		Sep 9, 2011
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Sep 9, 2011
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Sep 15, 2011
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Sep 22, 2011
R-CA	Daniel E. Lungren		Oct 5, 2011
D-IN	Joe Donnelly		Oct 5, 2011
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Oct 5, 2011
R-FL	Allen B. West		Nov 1, 2011
R-FL	David Rivera		Nov 1, 2011
R-VA	E. Scott Rigell		Nov 1, 2011
R-OR	Greg Walden		Nov 1, 2011
R-LA	Jeffrey M. Landry		Nov 1, 2011
R-CA	Jerry Lewis		Nov 1, 2011
R-WI	Sean P. Duffy		Nov 1, 2011
I-MI	Justin Amash		Nov 2, 2011
D-NC	Larry Kissell		Nov 2, 2011
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Nov 4, 2011
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Nov 4, 2011
R-AK	Don Young		Nov 4, 2011
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson		Nov 4, 2011
R-PA	Lou Barletta		Nov 4, 2011
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Nov 4, 2011
R-NY	Peter T. King		Nov 4, 2011
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Nov 4, 2011
R-LA	Rodney Alexander		Nov 4, 2011
R-FL	Sandy Adams		Nov 4, 2011
R-NJ	Scott Garrett		Nov 4, 2011
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Nov 4, 2011
R-NM	Stevan Pearce		Nov 4, 2011
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		Nov 4, 2011
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		Nov 4, 2011
R-MI	Tim Walberg		Nov 4, 2011
R-CA	Devin Nunes		Nov 14, 2011
R-MO	Sam Graves		Nov 14, 2011
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick		Nov 16, 2011
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		Nov 16, 2011
R-NY	Robert L. Turner		Nov 17, 2011
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Jan 23, 2012
R-GA	Jack Kingston		Feb 1, 2012
R-OH	Jim Jordan		Feb 3, 2012
R-CA	Elton Gallegly		Mar 5, 2012
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher		Apr 27, 2012
R-AZ	Jeff Flake		Apr 27, 2012
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Apr 27, 2012
R-TX	Lamar Smith		May 9, 2012
D-AR	Mike Ross		May 9, 2012
R-IA	Tom Latham		May 9, 2012
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler		May 10, 2012
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		May 18, 2012
D-NY	William L. Owens		May 18, 2012
D-OK	Dan Boren		May 30, 2012
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith		May 31, 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 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.

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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

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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 report

H. Rept. 112-514

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8.

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

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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

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