HR 631 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

EACH Act

Introduced Jan 30, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Aaron Schock R-IL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 12, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJan 30, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Equitable Access to Care and Health Act or the EACH Act

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the religious conscience exemption under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to exempt individuals who rely solely on a religious method of healing and for whom the acceptance of medical health services would be inconsistent with their religious beliefs from the requirement to purchase and maintain minimum essential health care coverage.

Cosponsors 76

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 30, 2015 to Mar 24, 2015, with 41 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-FLAnder CrenshawOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-MIBill HuizengaOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-TXBlake FarentholdOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-VABob GoodlatteOriginalJan 30, 2015
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalJan 30, 2015
D-MNCollin C. PetersonOriginalJan 30, 2015
D-ILDaniel LipinskiOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-OHDavid P. JoyceOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-TNDavid P. RoeOriginalJan 30, 2015
D-NVDina TitusOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-WAJaime Herrera BeutlerOriginalJan 30, 2015
D-CTJames A. HimesOriginalJan 30, 2015
D-COJared PolisOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-PAKeith J. RothfusOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-TXKevin BradyOriginalJan 30, 2015
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Actions

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Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 352EACH ActIdentical billFeb 3, 2015
HR 2061EACH ActIdentical billSep 29, 2015

Subjects

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

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  1. Jan 30, 2015Introduced in House

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