HR 4354 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act

Introduced Apr 1, 2014 Originated House Sponsor Tim Griffin R-AR

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Apr 4, 2014 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.

  1. IntroducedApr 1, 2014
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, with respect to the program of risk corridors (under which a qualified health plan offered in the individual or small group market is required to participate in a payment adjustment system based on the ratio of the allowable costs of the plan to the plan's aggregate premiums), to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure that payments to and from a plan are provided for in amounts necessary to reduce to zero the cost to the government of carrying out the program.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Apr 1, 2014
Health Subcommittee
Referred Apr 4, 2014

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 4, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Apr 1, 2014Introduced in House
  3. Apr 1, 2014Referred 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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution By Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas H.R. 4355. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 The Congress shall have Power to establish Post Offices and post roads.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2802.

Related bills 3

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1726Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention ActRelated billNov 19, 2013
S 2214Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Protection ActIdentical billApr 7, 2014
HR 3541Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Prevention ActRelated billNov 22, 2013

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To prevent a taxpayer bailout of health insurance issuers.
Short Titles as Introduced
Obamacare Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 1, 2014Introduced in House

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