HR 4118 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

SIMPLE Fairness Act

Introduced Feb 28, 2014 Originated House Sponsor Lynn Jenkins R-KS

Latest action · Mar 10, 2014 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 319.

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 28, 2014
Passed HouseMar 5, 2014
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Suspending the Individual Mandate Penalty Law Equals Fairness Act or the SIMPLE Fairness Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to delay until 2015 the imposition of the monthly penalty amount on individual taxpayers for failure to purchase minimum essential health care coverage.

Recorded votes 2

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll call	Question	Result	Date
House 97	On Passage	Passed250–160	Mar 5, 2014

House 96	On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Failed185–227	Mar 5, 2014

Cosponsors 18

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 28, 2014 to Mar 5, 2014; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-FL	Daniel Webster	Original	Feb 28, 2014
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Original	Feb 28, 2014
R-TX	Kevin Brady	Original	Feb 28, 2014
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess	Original	Feb 28, 2014
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Feb 28, 2014
R-FL	Richard B. Nugent	Original	Feb 28, 2014
R-GA	Rob Woodall	Original	Feb 28, 2014
R-OK	Tom Cole	Original	Feb 28, 2014
R-NE	Adrian Smith		Mar 4, 2014
R-OH	James B. Renacci		Mar 4, 2014
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		Mar 4, 2014
R-MN	John Kline		Mar 4, 2014
R-WI	Paul D. Ryan		Mar 4, 2014
R-AR	Tim Griffin		Mar 4, 2014
R-IN	Todd Young		Mar 4, 2014

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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 Feb 28, 2014

Actions 16

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 10, 2014Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 319.
Mar 6, 2014Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Mar 5, 2014Rule H. Res. 497 passed House.
Mar 5, 2014Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 497. (consideration: CR H2168-2177)
Mar 5, 2014The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule makes in order as original text for the purpose of amendment an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 113-40 for H.R. 3826 and provides that it shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against that amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Mar 5, 2014DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 4118.
Mar 5, 2014The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H2175)
Mar 5, 2014Mr. Horsford moved to recommit with instructions to Ways and Means. (consideration: CR H2175-2176; text: CR H2175)
Mar 5, 2014DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Horsford motion to recommit with instructions, pending the reservation of a point of order. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to add a new section at the end of the bill titled Protecting Consumers From Premium Increases and Discrimination on the Basis of Preexisting Conditions. The point of order was subsequently withdrawn.
Mar 5, 2014The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H2176)
Mar 5, 2014On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 185 - 227 (Roll no. 96).
Mar 5, 2014Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 250 - 160 (Roll no. 97). (text: CR H2168)
Mar 5, 2014Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Mar 4, 2014Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 497 Reported to House. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule makes in order as original text for the purpose of amendment an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 113-40 for H.R. 3826 and provides that it shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against that amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Feb 28, 2014Introduced in House
Feb 28, 2014Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

In the Congressional Record 7

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
Extensions	Debate and remarks E368	Chris Van Hollen D-MD	Mar 12, 2014
House · Extensions	Debate and remarks E356, H2261	Diane Black R-TN, Erik Paulsen R-MN	Mar 11, 2014
Senate · Extensions	Debate and remarks E339, S1371	Harry Reid D-NV, Paul A. Gosar R-AZ	Mar 10, 2014
Senate	Debate and remarks S1369, S1370	Harry Reid D-NV	Mar 6, 2014
House	Debate and remarks H2160–H2167, H2168–H2177Text printed H2160, H2168Amendments H2165Motions H2175Recorded votes H2166, H2167, H2176consideration (H. Res. 497), previous questionHorsford motion to recommit (preserve Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provisions that protect consumers)	Bill Posey R-FL, Charles B. Rangel D-NY, Danny K. Davis D-IL, Dave Camp R-MI, David P. Roe R-TN, Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL, Earl Blumenauer D-OR, Eric Cantor R-VA, Henry A. Waxman D-CA, James B. Renacci R-OH, Jared Polis D-CO (amendment), Jim McDermott D-WA, Kenny Marchant R-TX, Kevin Brady R-TX, Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY, Lynn Jenkins R-KS, Michael C. Burgess R-TX, Peter A. DeFazio D-OR, Sander M. Levin D-MI, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Steve Scalise R-LA, Steven Horsford D-NV (motion), Todd Young R-IN	Mar 5, 2014

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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.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

Mar 4, 2014H.R. 4118, Suspending the Individual Mandate Penalty Law Equals Fairness ActAs introduced in the House of Representatives on February 28, 2014

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2098.

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. 113-057	OBAMACARE AND THE SELF-EMPLOYED: WHAT ABOUT US?49 pages	Small Business Committee	Mar 6, 2014

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

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

Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HRES 497	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3826) to provide direction to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the establishment of standards for emissions of any greenhouse gas from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4118) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to delay the implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate.	Related bill	Mar 5, 2014

Titles 5

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to delay the implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate.
Short Titles as Introduced: SIMPLE Fairness Act; Suspending the Individual Mandate Penalty Law Equals Fairness Act
Short Titles as Passed House: SIMPLE Fairness Act; Suspending the Individual Mandate Penalty Law Equals Fairness Act

Subjects

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

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

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