HR 2682 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Defund Obamacare Act of 2013

Introduced Jul 11, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Tom Graves R-GA

Latest action · Jul 23, 2013 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.

IntroducedJul 11, 2013
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Defund Obamacare Act of 2013 - Prohibits any federal funds from being made available to carry out the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

Prohibits any entitlement to benefits under such provisions from remaining in effect on and after the date of the enactment of this Act. Prohibits any payments from being awarded, owed, or made to any state, district, or territory under any such provision.

Rescinds any unobligated balances available under such provisions.

Cosponsors 158

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 11, 2013 to Dec 11, 2014; 38 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-LA	Bill Cassidy	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-FL	Bill Posey	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-TX	Blake Farenthold	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-TN	David P. Roe	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-GA	Doug Collins	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-CO	Doug Lamborn	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-SC	Jeff Duncan	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-FL	Jeff Miller	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-OK	Jim Bridenstine	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-TX	Joe Barton	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-TX	John Abney Culberson	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-LA	John Fleming	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-NC	Mark Meadows	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-MN	Michele Bachmann	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-SC	Mick Mulvaney	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-GA	Paul C. Broun	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-TX	Pete Olson	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-GA	Phil Gingrey	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-NC	Richard Hudson	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-NC	Robert Pittenger	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-FL	Ron DeSantis	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-OH	Steve Chabot	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-IA	Steve King	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-LA	Steve Scalise	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-TX	Steve Stockman	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-FL	Ted S. Yoho	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-KY	Thomas Massie	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-KS	Tim Huelskamp	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-AR	Tom Cotton	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Jul 11, 2013
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann		Jul 15, 2013
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Jul 15, 2013
R-GA	Jack Kingston		Jul 15, 2013
R-ID	Raul R. Labrador		Jul 15, 2013
R-KY	Andy Barr		Jul 16, 2013
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Jul 16, 2013
R-GA	Austin Scott		Jul 17, 2013
R-TX	Bill Flores		Jul 17, 2013
R-MI	Bill Huizenga		Jul 17, 2013
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Jul 17, 2013
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Jul 17, 2013
R-MI	Kerry L. Bentivolio		Jul 17, 2013
R-IN	Marlin A. Stutzman		Jul 17, 2013
R-AZ	Matt Salmon		Jul 17, 2013
R-AL	Mo Brooks		Jul 17, 2013
R-IL	Randy Hultgren		Jul 17, 2013
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.		Jul 17, 2013
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer		Jul 17, 2013
R-UT	Rob Bishop		Jul 17, 2013
R-TX	Roger Williams		Jul 17, 2013
R-MT	Steve Daines		Jul 17, 2013
R-TX	Ted Poe		Jul 17, 2013
R-AR	Tim Griffin		Jul 17, 2013
R-IN	Todd Rokita		Jul 17, 2013
R-AZ	Trent Franks		Jul 17, 2013
R-PA	Tom Marino		Jul 18, 2013
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		Jul 19, 2013
R-MO	Jason Smith		Jul 19, 2013
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		Jul 19, 2013
R-MI	Tim Walberg		Jul 19, 2013
R-MS	Alan Nunnelee		Jul 22, 2013
R-WA	Doc Hastings		Jul 22, 2013
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Jul 22, 2013
R-OK	Markwayne Mullin		Jul 22, 2013
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Jul 22, 2013
R-PA	Scott Perry		Jul 22, 2013
R-CA	Tom McClintock		Jul 22, 2013
R-CO	Cory Gardner		Jul 23, 2013
R-OK	James Lankford		Jul 23, 2013
R-UT	Jason Chaffetz		Jul 23, 2013
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Jul 23, 2013
R-TX	Sam Johnson		Jul 23, 2013
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Jul 24, 2013
R-MI	Dan Benishek		Jul 24, 2013
R-MS	Gregg Harper		Jul 24, 2013
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Jul 24, 2013
R-KS	Kevin Yoder		Jul 24, 2013
R-IN	Luke Messer		Jul 24, 2013
R-FL	Steve Southerland II		Jul 24, 2013
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney		Jul 24, 2013
R-GA	Tom Price		Jul 24, 2013
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Jul 24, 2013
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais		Jul 25, 2013
R-MD	Andy Harris		Jul 26, 2013
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Jul 26, 2013
R-TX	Mac Thornberry		Jul 26, 2013
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Jul 26, 2013
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Jul 26, 2013
R-AR	Steve Womack		Jul 26, 2013
R-FL	Trey Radel		Jul 26, 2013
R-MO	Ann Wagner		Jul 30, 2013
R-IN	Jackie Walorski		Jul 30, 2013
R-TX	Lamar Smith		Jul 30, 2013
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins		Jul 30, 2013
R-NY	Michael G. Grimm		Jul 30, 2013
R-KS	Mike Pompeo		Jul 30, 2013
R-WI	Sean P. Duffy		Jul 30, 2013
R-MO	Billy Long		Jul 31, 2013
R-OH	Bob Gibbs		Jul 31, 2013
R-UT	Chris Stewart		Jul 31, 2013
R-WY	Cynthia M. Lummis		Jul 31, 2013
R-AZ	David Schweikert		Jul 31, 2013
R-OH	Jim Jordan		Jul 31, 2013
I-MI	Justin Amash		Jul 31, 2013
R-SD	Kristi L. Noem		Jul 31, 2013
R-IN	Larry Bucshon		Jul 31, 2013
R-TX	Louie Gohmert		Jul 31, 2013
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		Jul 31, 2013
R-GA	Rob Woodall		Jul 31, 2013
R-NM	Stevan Pearce		Jul 31, 2013
R-IN	Susan W. Brooks		Jul 31, 2013
R-IN	Todd Young		Jul 31, 2013
R-SC	Tom Rice		Jul 31, 2013
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Aug 1, 2013
R-NE	Adrian Smith		Aug 2, 2013
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Aug 2, 2013
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		Aug 2, 2013
R-CA	Edward R. Royce		Aug 2, 2013
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		Aug 2, 2013
R-NC	George Holding		Aug 2, 2013
R-OH	James B. Renacci		Aug 2, 2013
R-TX	Kay Granger		Aug 2, 2013
R-PA	Keith J. Rothfus		Aug 2, 2013
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		Aug 2, 2013
R-VA	Robert Hurt		Aug 2, 2013
R-LA	Rodney Alexander		Aug 2, 2013
R-NJ	Scott Garrett		Aug 2, 2013
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton		Aug 2, 2013
R-TN	Stephen Lee Fincher		Aug 2, 2013
R-SC	Trey Gowdy		Aug 2, 2013
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher		Sep 9, 2013
R-TX	John R. Carter		Sep 9, 2013
R-NE	Lee Terry		Sep 9, 2013
R-SC	Mark Sanford		Sep 9, 2013
R-MI	Mike Rogers		Sep 9, 2013
R-CA	Paul Cook		Sep 9, 2013
R-VA	E. Scott Rigell		Sep 11, 2013
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes		Sep 12, 2013
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Sep 16, 2013
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Sep 17, 2013
R-AL	Martha Roby		Sep 19, 2013
R-NY	Chris Collins		Sep 25, 2013
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Oct 8, 2013
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Dec 23, 2013
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Jan 29, 2014
R-NJ	Leonard Lance		Apr 10, 2014
R-AL	Bradley Byrne		Jun 12, 2014
R-FL	John L. Mica		Jun 12, 2014
R-FL	Curt Clawson		Dec 11, 2014
R-FL	Richard B. Nugent		Dec 11, 2014

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 Jul 11, 2013
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Jul 12, 2013
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Jul 11, 2013
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Jul 23, 2013
House	Education and Workforce Committee	Referred Jul 11, 2013
House	Natural Resources Committee	Referred Jul 11, 2013
	Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee	Referred Jul 15, 2013
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Jul 11, 2013
House	Committee on House Administration	Referred Jul 11, 2013

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 23, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 15, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
Jul 12, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 11, 2013Introduced in House
Jul 11, 2013Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Natural Resources, the Judiciary, 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

[Pages H5347-H5349] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] By Mr. NEUGEBAUER: H.J. Res. 57. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Constitutional Amendments Article V The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions as follows: H.R. 60: Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois. H.R. 148: Mr. Enyart. H.R. 182: Mr. Sires. H.R. 183: Mr. Enyart. H.R. 262: Mr. Heck of Nevada and Mr. Schock. H.R. 279: Mr. Ruiz. H.R. 281: Ms. Kaptur. H.R. 292: Mr. George Miller of California. H.R. 301: Mr. Gardner and Mr. Wittman. H.R. 310: Mr. Kilmer. H.R. 362: Mr. George Miller of California. H.R. 363: Mr. George Miller of California. H.R. 366: Ms. Jenkins and Mr. Schneider. H.R. 419: Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania. H.R. 460: Mr. Perlmutter. H.R. 474: Mr. Ellison. H.R. 485: Ms. Tsongas. H.R. 491: Mr. Sherman. H.R. 508: Mr. Quigley, Mr. Barber, and Mr. Gibson. H.R. 523: Mr. Smith of Missouri. H.R. 525: Mr. Ryan of Ohio. H.R. 533: Mr. Cartwright and Mr. DeFazio. H.R. 543: Mr. George Miller of California. H.R. 574: Mr. Clay. H.R. 578: Mr. Womack. H.R. 580: Mr. Cartwright. H.R. 620: Mr. Ellison. H.R. 621: Mr. Barletta. H.R. 647: Mr. Pascrell, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Fudge, Mr. McDermott, and Mr. Neal. H.R. 679: Mr. Scott of Virginia. H.R. 685: Ms. Moore, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Lowey, and Mr. Womack. H.R. 690: Mr. Barletta and Mr. Walden. H.R. 702: Mr. Cohen and Mr. Langevin. H.R. 720: Mr. Cartwright. H.R. 724: Mr. Swalwell of California. H.R. 755: Ms. Esty. H.R. 792: Mr. Gowdy. H.R. 795: Mr. Stockman. H.R. 846: Mr. Nunnelee, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Kline, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Stutzman, and Mr. Pocan. H.R. 920: Mr. Gallego. H.R. 938: Mr. Thornberry. H.R. 961: Mr. Bera of California. H.R. 975: Mr. Price of North Carolina. H.R. 1001: Mr. Bishop of New York and Mr. Cole. H.R. 1014: Mr. Rothfus. H.R. 1015: Mr. Huffman, Mr. Bachus, and Mr. Barletta. H.R. 1020: Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Renacci, and Mr. Womack. H.R. 1024: Ms. Clarke, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, and Ms. Kuster. H.R. 1074: Ms. DeGette. H.R. 1091: Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Goodlatte, and Mr. Massie. H.R. 1094: Mr. Bera of California and Mr. Serrano. H.R. 1105: Mr. Matheson and Mr. Bachus. H.R. 1146: Mr. McHenry. H.R. 1175: Ms. Bass. H.R. 1176: Mr. Wittman. H.R. 1237: Mr. Stivers. H.R. 1249: Mr. Griffin of Arkansas. H.R. 1250: Mr. Courtney, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, and Ms. Esty. H.R. 1252: Mr. Cook, Mr. Runyan, and Mr. Pearce. H.R. 1276: Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. Fortenberry, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Farr, and Mrs. Capps. H.R. 1318: Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Mr. Neal, and Mr. Clay. H.R. 1327: Ms. McCollum. H.R. 1346: Mr. Lowenthal. H.R. 1354: Mr. Kilmer. H.R. 1389: Ms. Frankel of Florida and Ms. Esty. H.R. 1416: Mr. Israel and Mr. Wilson of South Carolina. H.R. 1428: Mr. Gerlach. H.R. 1476: Mr. Bentivolio. H.R. 1518: Ms. Pingree of Maine. H.R. 1526: Mr. Coffman. H.R. 1563: Ms. Wilson[...]

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H5348.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 113-7	THE FUTURE OF THE CFTC: END-USER PERSPECTIVES105 pages	Agriculture Committee	Jul 24, 2013

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1292	Defund Obamacare Act of 2013	Identical bill	Jul 16, 2013

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To prohibit the funding of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Short Titles as Introduced: Defund Obamacare Act of 2013

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 11, 2013Introduced in House

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