Defund Obamacare Act
Latest action · Apr 23, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- IntroducedMar 6, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Defund Obamacare Act - Deauthorizes appropriations to carry out the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, or any amendments made by them.
Rescinds the unobligated balance of funds made available under such Acts.
Cosponsors 56
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 6, 2013 to Oct 8, 2013; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-GA | Doug Collins | Original | Mar 6, 2013 |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Original | Mar 6, 2013 |
| R-GA | Lynn A. Westmoreland | Original | Mar 6, 2013 |
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Mar 7, 2013 | |
| R-TX | Blake Farenthold | Mar 7, 2013 | |
| R-OH | Bob Gibbs | Mar 7, 2013 | |
| R-KS | Tim Huelskamp | Mar 7, 2013 | |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Mar 7, 2013 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Mar 7, 2013 | |
| R-WA | Doc Hastings | Mar 12, 2013 | |
| R-NC | Mark Meadows | Mar 12, 2013 | |
| R-TX | Ralph M. Hall | Mar 12, 2013 | |
| R-NC | Richard Hudson | Mar 12, 2013 | |
| R-FL | Ted S. Yoho | Mar 12, 2013 | |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Mar 12, 2013 |
Committees 6
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 Mar 6, 2013 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 8, 2013 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Mar 6, 2013 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 12, 2013 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Mar 6, 2013 |
| Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee | Referred Apr 23, 2013 | |
| Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee | Referred Apr 23, 2013 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 6, 2013 |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Mar 6, 2013 |
| Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Mar 8, 2013 | |
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Mar 6, 2013 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 23, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- Apr 23, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
- Mar 12, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 8, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 8, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
- Mar 6, 2013Introduced in House
- Mar 6, 2013Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 H1321.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 603 | Jobs and Premium Protection Act | Related bill | Mar 19, 2013 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To deauthorize appropriation of funds, and to rescind unobligated appropriations, to carry out the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Defund Obamacare Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 6, 2013Introduced in House
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