HR 285 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Healthcare Tax Relief and Mandate Repeal Act

Introduced Jan 4, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Michael R. Turner R-OH

Latest action · Jan 4, 2017 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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.

IntroducedJan 4, 2017
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Healthcare Tax Relief and Mandate Repeal Act

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the requirements added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that: (1) individuals purchase and maintain minimum essential health care coverage, and (2) employers who have a workforce of 50 or more full-time employees provide health insurance coverage for their employees.

Cosponsors 12

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 4, 2017 to Nov 1, 2017; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-TX	Blake Farenthold	Original	Jan 4, 2017
R-TN	David P. Roe	Original	Jan 4, 2017
R-SC	Jeff Duncan	Original	Jan 4, 2017
R-OK	Markwayne Mullin	Original	Jan 4, 2017
R-AL	Mike Rogers	Original	Jan 4, 2017
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais	Original	Jan 4, 2017
R-CA	Tom McClintock	Original	Jan 4, 2017
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling		Jan 10, 2017
R-TX	John Ratcliffe		Apr 25, 2017
R-PA	Lloyd Smucker		Jul 28, 2017
R-CA	Jeff Denham		Aug 11, 2017
R-IN	Luke Messer		Nov 1, 2017

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 Jan 4, 2017

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 4, 2017Introduced in House
Jan 4, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section, 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, as the Supreme Court of the United States has held that the imposition of the burdensome mandate on hardworking American taxpayers is an action Congress may take under its power to tax, and that this bill seeks to repeal sections of title 26 U.S.C., the Internal Revenue Code. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution--To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H97.

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the individual and employer health insurance mandates.
Short Titles as Introduced: Healthcare Tax Relief and Mandate Repeal Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 4, 2017Introduced in House

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