Budget Process Accountability Act
Latest action · Jan 25, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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 13, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Budget Process Accountability Act
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt individuals from the requirement to maintain minimum essential health care coverage if they reside in a county where fewer than two health insurers offer insurance on the health insurance exchange.This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend the requirement for participation in a health insurance exchange to the President, Vice President, executive branch political appointees, and employees of congressional committees and leadership offices of Congress. Currently, this requirement applies to Members of Congress and their staff.
The government is prohibited from contributing to or subsidizing the health insurance coverage of officials and employees subject to this requirement.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 25, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 13, 2017Introduced in House
- Jan 13, 2017Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 499 | No Exemption for Washington from Obamacare Act | Related bill | Jan 31, 2017 |
| HR 521 | Protection from Insurance Exchange Monopolies Act | Related bill | Jan 13, 2017 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Congressional committees
- Congressional leadership
- Congressional officers and employees
- Federal officials
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Sales and excise taxes
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 13, 2017Introduced in House
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