EACH Act
Latest action · Jul 26, 2018 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 529.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 17, 2017
- Passed HouseJul 24, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Equitable Access to Care and Health Act or the EACH Act
(Sec. 2) 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 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 17, 2017 to Jul 24, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Original | Feb 17, 2017 |
| R-MN | Erik Paulsen | Oct 26, 2017 | |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Nov 28, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Nov 28, 2017 | |
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | May 17, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | May 17, 2018 | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | May 17, 2018 | |
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | May 23, 2018 | |
| R-OH | Michael R. Turner | May 23, 2018 | |
| R-WI | F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Jun 1, 2018 | |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Jul 10, 2018 | |
| R-CO | Mike Coffman | Jul 10, 2018 | |
| R-PA | Keith J. Rothfus | Jul 11, 2018 | |
| R-NY | John J. Faso | Jul 16, 2018 | |
| R-IL | John Shimkus | Jul 16, 2018 |
Committees 1
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 Feb 17, 2017 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 26, 2018Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 529.
- Jul 25, 2018Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
- Jul 24, 2018Mr. Roskam moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jul 24, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7107-7109)
- Jul 24, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1201.
- Jul 24, 2018Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7107-7108)
- Jul 24, 2018Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Feb 17, 2017Introduced in House
- Feb 17, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5394 | Mitch McConnell R-KY | Jul 26, 2018 |
| Senate · Extensions | Debate and remarks E1068, S5390 | Jerry Moran R-KS, William R. Keating D-MA | Jul 25, 2018 |
| House | Debate and remarks H7107–H7109Text printed H7107 | Lamar Smith R-TX, Mike Thompson D-CA, Peter J. Roskam R-IL, Rodney Davis R-IL | Jul 24, 2018 |
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. 163, no. 29, February 17, 2017, page H1313.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 115-286 | COMPREHENSIVE TAX REFORM: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES133 pages | Finance Committee | Jul 18, 2017 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2568 | EACH Act | Related bill | Mar 19, 2018 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- EACH Act
- Equitable Access to Care and Health Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- EACH Act
- Equitable Access to Care and Health Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 26, 2018Placed on Calendar Senate
- Jul 24, 2018Engrossed in House
- Feb 17, 2017Introduced 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.
