HR 2953 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings.

Introduced Jun 20, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Michael C. Burgess R-TX

Latest action · Jun 20, 2017 Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

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 20, 2017
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require the Congressional Budget Office, upon receiving a request from Congress, to determine if legislation would reduce spending outside of the 10-year budget window through the use of preventive health and preventive health services.

Cosponsors 71

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 20, 2017 to Sep 27, 2018; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal	Original	Jun 20, 2017
D-CA	Ami Bera	Original	Jun 20, 2017
R-MD	Andy Harris	Original	Jun 20, 2017
R-OH	Bill Johnson	Original	Jun 20, 2017
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Original	Jun 20, 2017
D-IA	David Loebsack	Original	Jun 20, 2017
D-CO	Diana DeGette	Original	Jun 20, 2017
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter	Original	Jun 20, 2017
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel	Original	Jun 20, 2017
D-CA	Eric Swalwell	Original	Jun 20, 2017
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	Jun 20, 2017
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith	Original	Jun 20, 2017
R-IN	Larry Bucshon	Original	Jun 20, 2017
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn	Original	Jun 20, 2017
R-KS	Roger Marshall	Original	Jun 20, 2017
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais	Original	Jun 20, 2017
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton	Original	Jun 20, 2017
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene	Original	Jun 20, 2017
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici	Original	Jun 20, 2017
R-IN	Todd Rokita	Original	Jun 20, 2017
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Jul 14, 2017
R-GA	Jody B. Hice		Jul 14, 2017
R-NJ	Leonard Lance		Jul 14, 2017
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins		Jul 14, 2017
R-PA	Patrick Meehan		Jul 14, 2017
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Jul 14, 2017
R-TX	Ted Poe		Jul 14, 2017
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle		Sep 12, 2017
R-TN	David P. Roe		Sep 12, 2017
R-IN	Luke Messer		Sep 12, 2017
R-TX	Pete Olson		Sep 12, 2017
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Sep 12, 2017
R-IL	Rodney Davis		Sep 12, 2017
R-MI	Tim Walberg		Sep 12, 2017
R-MN	Tom Emmer		Sep 12, 2017
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Nov 17, 2017
R-NC	Richard Hudson		Nov 29, 2017
R-NY	Chris Collins		Dec 1, 2017
D-WA	Denny Heck		Dec 5, 2017
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Feb 26, 2018
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice		Apr 13, 2018
D-GA	David Scott		Apr 17, 2018
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Apr 17, 2018
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Jul 18, 2018
R-AK	Don Young		Jul 26, 2018
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Jul 26, 2018
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Jul 27, 2018
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Jul 31, 2018
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego		Jul 31, 2018
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Jul 31, 2018
R-WV	David B. McKinley		Aug 3, 2018
R-IL	Mike Bost		Aug 3, 2018
D-IN	André Carson		Aug 14, 2018
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman		Aug 14, 2018
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick		Aug 14, 2018
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Aug 14, 2018
R-ND	Kevin Cramer		Aug 14, 2018
I-AZ	Kyrsten Sinema		Aug 14, 2018
R-PA	Lou Barletta		Aug 14, 2018
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Aug 14, 2018
R-CA	Paul Cook		Aug 14, 2018
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell		Aug 14, 2018
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo		Aug 17, 2018
R-NY	John Katko		Sep 12, 2018
D-CA	Norma J. Torres		Sep 12, 2018
D-MA	Seth Moulton		Sep 12, 2018
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Sep 12, 2018
R-OK	Tom Cole		Sep 12, 2018
R-KS	Kevin Yoder		Sep 17, 2018
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Sep 27, 2018
R-WI	Sean P. Duffy		Sep 27, 2018

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Budget Committee	Referred Jun 20, 2017

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 20, 2017Introduced in House
Jun 20, 2017Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

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: Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 105, June 20, 2017, page H4994.

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
Serial No. 115-166	EXAMINING BARRIERS TO EXPANDING INNOVATIVE, VALUE-BASED CARE IN MEDICARE146 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	Sep 13, 2018

Related bills 4

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 2164	A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings.	Identical bill	Nov 28, 2017
S 3660	Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2018	Related bill	Nov 27, 2018
HR 3660	To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings.	Reintroduction of	Oct 1, 2015
HR 5942	Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2018	Related bill	Oct 19, 2018

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 20, 2017Introduced in House

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