HJRES 51 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Approving the discontinuation of the process for consideration and automatic implementation of the annual proposal of the Independent Medicare Advisory Board under section 1899A of the Social Security Act.

Introduced Jan 31, 2017 Originated House Sponsor David P. Roe R-TN

Latest action · Feb 3, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJan 31, 2017
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

This joint resolution initiates the process to terminate the Independent Medicare Advisory Board, which issues annual recommendations for reducing growth in Medicare expenditures.

Under current law, the enactment of a such a joint resolution is required in order to terminate the board.

Cosponsors 207

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 31, 2017 to Aug 4, 2017; 51 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-NE	Adrian Smith	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-KY	Andy Barr	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-VA	Barbara Comstock	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-TX	Bill Flores	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-OH	Bill Johnson	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-MO	Billy Long	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-TX	Blake Farenthold	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-OH	Bob Gibbs	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-FL	Daniel Webster	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-TN	Diane Black	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-CA	Edward R. Royce	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-AR	J. French Hill	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-IN	Jackie Walorski	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-SC	Jeff Duncan	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-GA	Jody B. Hice	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-SC	Joe Wilson	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-TX	John Abney Culberson	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-MI	John R. Moolenaar	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-KS	Kevin Yoder	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-IN	Larry Bucshon	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-PA	Lou Barletta	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-TX	Louie Gohmert	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-IN	Luke Messer	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-OH	Michael R. Turner	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-PA	Mike Kelly	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-PA	Patrick Meehan	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-LA	Ralph Lee Abraham	Original	Jan 31, 2017
D-CA	Raul Ruiz	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-OH	Robert E. Latta	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-NC	Robert Pittenger	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-TX	Roger Williams	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-PA	Ryan A. Costello	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-TX	Sam Johnson	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-NM	Stevan Pearce	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-FL	Ted S. Yoho	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-PA	Tim Murphy	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-IN	Todd Rokita	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-MN	Tom Emmer	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-CA	Tom McClintock	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-SC	Trey Gowdy	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-TX	Will Hurd	Original	Jan 31, 2017
R-MO	Ann Wagner		Feb 3, 2017
R-NC	David Rouzer		Feb 3, 2017
R-GA	Rick W. Allen		Feb 3, 2017
R-KS	Roger Marshall		Feb 3, 2017
R-IN	Susan W. Brooks		Feb 3, 2017
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup		Feb 9, 2017
R-IA	Steve King		Feb 28, 2017
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith		Mar 9, 2017
I-AZ	Kyrsten Sinema		Mar 10, 2017
R-WV	Evan H. Jenkins		Mar 13, 2017
D-NV	Jacky Rosen		Mar 16, 2017
R-MD	Andy Harris		Apr 3, 2017
R-IL	Mike Bost		Apr 3, 2017
D-CA	Ami Bera		Apr 4, 2017
R-WI	Glenn Grothman		Apr 4, 2017
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Apr 4, 2017
R-CA	Paul Cook		Apr 4, 2017
R-AK	Don Young		Apr 17, 2017
R-AL	Gary J. Palmer		Apr 17, 2017
R-GA	A. Drew Ferguson IV		Apr 25, 2017
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Apr 25, 2017
R-NC	Mark Walker		Apr 25, 2017
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Apr 25, 2017
R-MO	Sam Graves		Apr 25, 2017
R-OK	Tom Cole		Apr 26, 2017
R-AZ	Andy Biggs		Apr 27, 2017
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam		Apr 28, 2017
R-NY	Peter T. King		May 4, 2017
R-OK	Steve Russell		May 16, 2017
R-GA	Tom Graves		May 16, 2017
R-NY	Tom Reed		May 16, 2017
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		May 16, 2017
R-MN	Jason Lewis		May 17, 2017
R-NC	Ted Budd		May 17, 2017
R-MS	Trent Kelly		May 17, 2017
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger		May 23, 2017
R-AL	Bradley Byrne		May 23, 2017
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		May 23, 2017
R-TX	Kay Granger		May 23, 2017
R-NC	Mark Meadows		May 24, 2017
R-AL	Mike Rogers		May 24, 2017
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		May 25, 2017
R-TX	Lamar Smith		May 25, 2017
R-AL	Martha Roby		May 25, 2017
R-NC	Richard Hudson		May 25, 2017
R-FL	Bill Posey		May 26, 2017
R-NY	Claudia Tenney		May 26, 2017
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		May 26, 2017
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins		May 26, 2017
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.		May 26, 2017
R-AR	Steve Womack		May 26, 2017
R-SC	Mark Sanford		May 30, 2017
R-CA	Mimi Walters		May 30, 2017
D-CA	Ted Lieu		May 30, 2017
R-GA	Austin Scott		Jun 6, 2017
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Jun 6, 2017
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		Jun 6, 2017
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann		Jun 6, 2017
R-NY	Chris Collins		Jun 6, 2017
R-IN	Jim Banks		Jun 6, 2017
R-OK	Jim Bridenstine		Jun 6, 2017
R-TX	John R. Carter		Jun 6, 2017
R-FL	Neal P. Dunn		Jun 6, 2017
R-IL	Randy Hultgren		Jun 6, 2017
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Jun 8, 2017
R-NY	Daniel M. Donovan, Jr.		Jun 8, 2017
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		Jun 8, 2017
R-CO	Ken Buck		Jun 8, 2017
R-LA	Steve Scalise		Jun 8, 2017
R-TN	David Kustoff		Jun 12, 2017
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Jun 12, 2017
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Jun 12, 2017
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais		Jun 12, 2017
R-WA	Dan Newhouse		Jun 13, 2017
R-NE	Don Bacon		Jun 13, 2017
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Jun 13, 2017
R-IL	John Shimkus		Jun 13, 2017
R-VA	Dave Brat		Jun 15, 2017
R-UT	Mia B. Love		Jun 15, 2017
D-TX	Filemon Vela		Jun 20, 2017
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Jun 20, 2017
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Jun 20, 2017
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Jun 20, 2017
R-NJ	Thomas MacArthur		Jun 20, 2017
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez		Jun 20, 2017
R-MI	David A. Trott		Jun 22, 2017
R-LA	Garret Graves		Jun 22, 2017
R-TX	Mac Thornberry		Jun 22, 2017
R-TX	Joe Barton		Jun 28, 2017
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Jun 28, 2017
R-MI	Bill Huizenga		Jul 6, 2017
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Jul 6, 2017
R-TX	Brian Babin		Jul 6, 2017
R-WV	David B. McKinley		Jul 6, 2017
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Jul 6, 2017
R-GA	Doug Collins		Jul 6, 2017
R-MS	Gregg Harper		Jul 6, 2017
R-KY	James Comer		Jul 6, 2017
R-CA	Jeff Denham		Jul 6, 2017
R-TX	Jodey C. Arrington		Jul 6, 2017
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Jul 6, 2017
R-OK	Markwayne Mullin		Jul 6, 2017
R-MI	Mike Bishop		Jul 6, 2017
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry		Jul 6, 2017
R-IL	Rodney Davis		Jul 6, 2017
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Jul 6, 2017
R-GA	Barry Loudermilk		Jul 11, 2017
R-AZ	David Schweikert		Jul 11, 2017
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Jul 11, 2017
R-NJ	Leonard Lance		Jul 11, 2017
R-PA	Tom Marino		Jul 11, 2017
R-AR	Bruce Westerman		Jul 12, 2017
R-NY	Lee M. Zeldin		Jul 12, 2017
R-TX	Pete Olson		Jul 12, 2017
R-IN	Trey Hollingsworth		Jul 12, 2017
R-OH	Warren Davidson		Jul 12, 2017
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Jul 13, 2017
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Jul 13, 2017
R-OH	James B. Renacci		Jul 13, 2017
R-OH	Jim Jordan		Jul 13, 2017
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Jul 13, 2017
D-CA	Norma J. Torres		Jul 13, 2017
D-FL	Stephanie N. Murphy		Jul 13, 2017
D-AZ	Tom O'Halleran		Jul 13, 2017
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Jul 14, 2017
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney		Jul 14, 2017
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider		Jul 14, 2017
D-NJ	Donald Norcross		Jul 14, 2017
R-MI	Fred Upton		Jul 14, 2017
D-TX	Gene Green		Jul 14, 2017
R-PA	Lloyd Smucker		Jul 14, 2017
I-MI	Paul Mitchell		Jul 14, 2017
R-WI	Sean P. Duffy		Jul 14, 2017
R-AZ	Trent Franks		Jul 14, 2017
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman		Jul 17, 2017
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Jul 17, 2017
D-HI	Colleen Hanabusa		Jul 17, 2017
R-IL	Darin LaHood		Jul 17, 2017
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Jul 17, 2017
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Jul 17, 2017
R-NY	John J. Faso		Jul 17, 2017
R-UT	Rob Bishop		Jul 17, 2017
R-IA	Rod Blum		Jul 17, 2017
R-ME	Bruce Poliquin		Jul 18, 2017
R-FL	John H. Rutherford		Jul 18, 2017
R-IA	David Young		Jul 19, 2017
R-TX	John Ratcliffe		Jul 19, 2017
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Jul 19, 2017
R-WY	Liz Cheney		Jul 19, 2017
R-CA	Stephen Knight		Jul 19, 2017
R-FL	Francis Rooney		Jul 24, 2017
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		Jul 26, 2017
R-MI	Tim Walberg		Jul 27, 2017
D-GA	David Scott		Jul 28, 2017
R-FL	Ron DeSantis		Jul 28, 2017
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Aug 4, 2017

Committees 2

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 Jan 31, 2017
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Feb 1, 2017
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Jan 31, 2017
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Feb 3, 2017

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 3, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 1, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 31, 2017Introduced in House
Jan 31, 2017Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 resolution: 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: The repeal of this provision is consistent with the powers that are reserved to the States and to the people as expressed in Amendment X to the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 16, January 31, 2017, page H821.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this resolution, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 115-47	EXAMINING BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE THE MEDICARE PROGRAM214 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	Jul 20, 2017

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this resolution 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
R44075	The Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB): Frequently Asked Questions Archived	Report	Nov 3, 2017

Related bills 2

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
SJRES 16	A joint resolution approving the discontinuation of the process for consideration and automatic implementation of the annual proposal of the Independent Medicare Advisory Board under section 1899A of the Social Security Act.	Identical bill	Feb 1, 2017
SJRES 17	A joint resolution approving the discontinuation of the process for consideration and automatic implementation of the annual proposal of the Independent Medicare Advisory Board under section 1899A of the Social Security Act.	Identical bill	Feb 1, 2017

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced: Approving the discontinuation of the process for consideration and automatic implementation of the annual proposal of the Independent Medicare Advisory Board under section 1899A of the Social Security Act.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 31, 2017Introduced in House

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