Allowing Working Seniors to Keep Their Health Savings Accounts Act of 2018
Latest action · Jul 19, 2018 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 659.
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.
- IntroducedJul 6, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Allowing Working Seniors to Keep Their Health Savings Accounts Act of 2018
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals who are entitled to receive hospital insurance benefits under Medicare Part A because they are age 65 or older to contribute to health savings accounts.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 Jul 6, 2018Markup Jul 11, 2018Reported Jul 19, 2018 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 19, 2018Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 115-851.
- Jul 19, 2018Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 659.
- Jul 11, 2018Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 11, 2018Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 16.
- Jul 6, 2018Introduced in House
- Jul 6, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H5991H.R. 6309–6316 | — | Jul 6, 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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jul 25, 2018H.R. 6309, Allowing Working Seniors to Keep Their Health Savings Accounts Act of 2018As reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on July 19, 2018
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 113, July 6, 2018, page H5991.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6283 | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals only enrolled in Medicare Part A to contribute to health savings accounts. | Related bill | Jun 28, 2018 |
| HR 6311 | Increasing Access to Lower Premium Plans and Expanding Health Savings Accounts Act of 2018 | Related bill | Jul 26, 2018 |
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 allow individuals entitled to Medicare Part A by reason of being over age 65 to contribute to health savings accounts.
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Allowing Working Seniors to Keep Their Health Savings Accounts Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 19, 2018Reported in House
- Jul 6, 2018Introduced 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.
