HR 1908 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

FREE Act

Introduced May 9, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Matt Salmon R-AZ

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 8, 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.

  1. IntroducedMay 9, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Federal Repeal of Expensive Exchanges Act or the FREE Act - Repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) providing for: (1) a health insurance premium assistance tax credit and advance payments for credit amounts, (2) reductions in out-of-pocket health care expenses for certain low income taxpayers (cost-sharing) and advance payments of cost-sharing amounts, (3) the individual mandate to purchase health care coverage under PPACA, and (4) the employer mandate to provide health care coverage to employees under PPACA and the reporting requirements with respect to such mandate.

Cosponsors 48

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 9, 2013 to Sep 12, 2013, with 10 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-AZDavid SchweikertOriginalMay 9, 2013
R-CADoug LaMalfaOriginalMay 9, 2013
R-SCJeff DuncanOriginalMay 9, 2013
R-NCMark MeadowsOriginalMay 9, 2013
R-AZPaul A. GosarOriginalMay 9, 2013
R-FLTed S. YohoOriginalMay 9, 2013
R-KSTim HuelskampOriginalMay 9, 2013
R-AZTrent FranksOriginalMay 9, 2013
R-FLTrey RadelOriginalMay 9, 2013
R-NCWalter B. JonesOriginalMay 9, 2013
R-LASteve ScaliseMay 14, 2013
R-AREric A. "Rick" CrawfordMay 20, 2013
R-TXJeb HensarlingJun 4, 2013
R-INLuke MesserJun 12, 2013
R-ILRodney DavisJun 13, 2013
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Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 8, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
  2. May 10, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  3. May 9, 2013Introduced in House
  4. May 9, 2013Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, 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.

Subjects

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

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  1. May 9, 2013Introduced in House

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