Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2011
Latest action · Feb 15, 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.
- IntroducedFeb 9, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2011 - Directs each state that makes a Medicaid payment from federal funds during the fiscal year for any items or services furnished by an abortion provider to: (1) report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) on all such payments, and (2) publish the report on a public Internet website of the state.
Requires an annual report to specified congressional committees on such reports, which shall also be published on a public Internet HHS website.
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 6, 2011 to Feb 7, 2012.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Apr 6, 2011 | |
| R-TX | Kenny Marchant | Apr 6, 2011 | |
| R-TX | Ron Paul | Apr 6, 2011 | |
| R-VA | J. Randy Forbes | Jun 16, 2011 | |
| R-TX | Francisco "Quico" Canseco | Jul 7, 2011 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Jul 7, 2011 | |
| R-OH | Robert E. Latta | Jul 7, 2011 | |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Jul 18, 2011 | |
| R-NC | Renee L. Ellmers | Jul 18, 2011 | |
| R-MO | Vicky Hartzler | Jul 18, 2011 | |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Jul 22, 2011 | |
| R-IL | Donald A. Manzullo | Jul 22, 2011 | |
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | Jul 22, 2011 | |
| R-TX | Ralph M. Hall | Jul 22, 2011 | |
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | Jul 22, 2011 | |
| R-PA | Tim Murphy | Jul 22, 2011 | |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Jul 22, 2011 | |
| R-MS | Alan Nunnelee | Jul 27, 2011 | |
| R-MO | Blaine Luetkemeyer | Jul 27, 2011 | |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Jul 27, 2011 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Jul 27, 2011 | |
| R-IL | Randy Hultgren | Jul 27, 2011 | |
| R-MS | Steven M. Palazzo | Jul 27, 2011 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Jul 27, 2011 | |
| R-KY | Brett Guthrie | Sep 21, 2011 | |
| R-MI | Bill Huizenga | Oct 13, 2011 | |
| R-OK | James Lankford | Oct 13, 2011 | |
| R-OH | Jean Schmidt | Oct 13, 2011 | |
| R-OH | Steve Austria | Oct 13, 2011 | |
| R-MN | John Kline | Dec 1, 2011 | |
| R-AL | Martha Roby | Dec 1, 2011 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Dec 20, 2011 | |
| R-TX | Sam Johnson | Feb 1, 2012 | |
| R-NM | Stevan Pearce | Feb 7, 2012 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 9, 2011 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 15, 2011 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 15, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 9, 2011Introduced in House
- Feb 9, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 H600.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require States to report information on Medicaid payments to abortion providers.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 9, 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.
