SCOTUScare Act of 2015
Latest action · Jul 9, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
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.
- IntroducedJun 25, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
SCOTUScare Act of 2015
This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to limit the health plans the federal government may make available to Supreme Court Justices and Supreme Court employees to those that are created under PPACA or offered through a health insurance exchange.Cosponsors 47
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 25, 2015 to Nov 17, 2015; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OK | Jim Bridenstine | Original | Jun 25, 2015 |
| R-TX | John Ratcliffe | Original | Jun 25, 2015 |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| R-AL | Bradley Byrne | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| R-CA | Duncan Hunter | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| R-GA | Jody B. Hice | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| R-LA | John Fleming | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Joseph R. Pitts | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| R-IN | Luke Messer | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| R-SC | Mark Sanford | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| R-AZ | Matt Salmon | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| R-AL | Mo Brooks | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| R-NM | Stevan Pearce | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Blake Farenthold | Jul 10, 2015 | |
| R-TX | John Abney Culberson | Jul 10, 2015 | |
| R-TX | John R. Carter | Jul 10, 2015 | |
| R-TX | K. Michael Conaway | Jul 10, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Jul 10, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | Jul 10, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Jul 10, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Jul 10, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Sam Johnson | Jul 10, 2015 | |
| R-MI | Tim Walberg | Jul 10, 2015 | |
| R-SC | Mick Mulvaney | Jul 14, 2015 | |
| R-IA | Steve King | Jul 14, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Scott Perry | Jul 20, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Ted S. Yoho | Jul 20, 2015 | |
| R-MI | Bill Huizenga | Jul 21, 2015 | |
| R-UT | Chris Stewart | Jul 22, 2015 | |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Jul 22, 2015 | |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Jul 22, 2015 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Jul 22, 2015 | |
| R-IL | Randy Hultgren | Jul 22, 2015 | |
| R-NC | Robert Pittenger | Jul 22, 2015 | |
| R-MT | Ryan K. Zinke | Jul 22, 2015 | |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Jul 22, 2015 | |
| R-SC | Tom Rice | Jul 22, 2015 | |
| R-WV | Alexander X. Mooney | Jul 29, 2015 | |
| R-OH | Brad R. Wenstrup | Jul 29, 2015 | |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Jul 29, 2015 | |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Jul 29, 2015 | |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Jul 29, 2015 | |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Jul 29, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Kenny Marchant | Jul 29, 2015 | |
| R-IN | Todd Rokita | Sep 17, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Keith J. Rothfus | Nov 17, 2015 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jun 25, 2015 |
| Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee | Referred Jul 9, 2015 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jun 25, 2015 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 26, 2015 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 9, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
- Jun 26, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 25, 2015Introduced in House
- Jun 25, 2015Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 103, June 25, 2015, page H4772.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide that only health plans made available by the Federal Government to Supreme Court Justices and staff are Exchange health plans.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- SCOTUScare Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 25, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
