S 1488 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

A bill to delay the application of the individual health insurance mandate, to delay the application of the employer health insurance mandate, and for other purposes.

Introduced Sep 9, 2013 Originated Senate Sponsor Daniel Coats R-IN

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 9, 2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

Summary

Fairness for American Families Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), to delay until 2015 the requirement that individuals maintain minimal essential health care coverage.

Authority for Mandate Delay Act - Amends PPACA to delay until 2015 enforcement of requirements that large employers offer their full-time employees the opportunity to enroll in minimum essential coverage. Delays the effective date of related reporting requirements for such employers and for providers of minimum essential coverage.

Cosponsors 42

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 9, 2013 to Sep 26, 2013, with 9 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-AZJeff FlakeOriginalSep 9, 2013
R-ARJohn BoozmanOriginalSep 9, 2013
R-GAJohnny IsaksonOriginalSep 9, 2013
R-NHKelly AyotteOriginalSep 9, 2013
R-TNLamar AlexanderOriginalSep 9, 2013
R-NEMike JohannsOriginalSep 9, 2013
R-KYMitch McConnellOriginalSep 9, 2013
R-MORoy BluntOriginalSep 9, 2013
R-OKTom CoburnOriginalSep 9, 2013
R-NCRichard BurrSep 10, 2013
R-GASaxby ChamblissSep 10, 2013
R-MESusan M. CollinsSep 10, 2013
R-IAChuck GrassleySep 12, 2013
R-NEDeb FischerSep 12, 2013
R-IDJames E. RischSep 12, 2013
Show all 42 cosponsors

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 9, 2013Introduced in Senate
  2. Sep 9, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Related bills 3

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 2667Authority for Mandate Delay ActRelated billJul 23, 2013
HR 2668To delay the application of the individual health insurance mandate, to delay the application of the employer health insurance mandate, and for other purposes.Related billJul 24, 2013
HR 3348Obamacare Choice Act of 2013Related billOct 28, 2013

Subjects

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

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Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 9, 2013Introduced in Senate

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