HR 849 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act

Introduced Feb 3, 2017 Originated House Sponsor David P. Roe R-TN

Latest action · Nov 6, 2017 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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 3, 2017
Passed HouseNov 2, 2017
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on October 31, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act

This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to terminate the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Under PPACA, the IPAB is tasked with developing proposals to reduce the per capita rate of growth in Medicare spending.

Recorded votes 1

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll call	Question	Result	Date
House 604	On Passage	Passed307–111	Nov 2, 2017

Cosponsors 270

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 3, 2017 to Oct 31, 2017; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-MO	Ann Wagner	Original	Feb 3, 2017
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling	Original	Feb 3, 2017
R-IN	Larry Bucshon	Original	Feb 3, 2017
R-IL	Mike Bost	Original	Feb 3, 2017
R-PA	Patrick Meehan	Original	Feb 3, 2017
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar	Original	Feb 3, 2017
R-LA	Ralph Lee Abraham	Original	Feb 3, 2017
D-CA	Raul Ruiz	Original	Feb 3, 2017
R-GA	Rick W. Allen	Original	Feb 3, 2017
R-KS	Roger Marshall	Original	Feb 3, 2017
R-IA	Steve King	Original	Feb 3, 2017
R-IN	Susan W. Brooks	Original	Feb 3, 2017
R-TX	Will Hurd	Original	Feb 3, 2017
R-MN	Tom Emmer		Feb 7, 2017
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup		Feb 9, 2017
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Feb 15, 2017
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen		Feb 16, 2017
R-GA	A. Drew Ferguson IV		Feb 28, 2017
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		Mar 1, 2017
R-NC	Richard Hudson		Mar 1, 2017
D-TX	Beto O'Rourke		Mar 2, 2017
R-WV	Evan H. Jenkins		Mar 7, 2017
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith		Mar 9, 2017
I-AZ	Kyrsten Sinema		Mar 10, 2017
D-CA	Ami Bera		Mar 13, 2017
R-VA	Barbara Comstock		Mar 13, 2017
R-FL	Brian J. Mast		Mar 13, 2017
R-NC	David Rouzer		Mar 13, 2017
R-CA	Edward R. Royce		Mar 13, 2017
D-NV	Jacky Rosen		Mar 16, 2017
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry		Mar 16, 2017
R-PA	Ryan A. Costello		Mar 16, 2017
R-KY	Thomas Massie		Mar 16, 2017
R-OH	Bob Gibbs		Mar 17, 2017
R-TX	Brian Babin		Mar 17, 2017
R-SD	Kristi L. Noem		Mar 17, 2017
R-KY	Andy Barr		Mar 20, 2017
R-GA	Jody B. Hice		Mar 22, 2017
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Mar 22, 2017
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Mar 22, 2017
R-TX	Sam Johnson		Mar 22, 2017
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Mar 22, 2017
R-MI	Tim Walberg		Mar 22, 2017
D-AZ	Tom O'Halleran		Mar 22, 2017
R-GA	Tom Graves		Mar 23, 2017
R-IN	Jackie Walorski		Mar 24, 2017
R-CA	Paul Cook		Mar 24, 2017
R-MD	Andy Harris		Mar 28, 2017
R-TX	Blake Farenthold		Mar 28, 2017
R-UT	Chris Stewart		Mar 28, 2017
R-FL	Daniel Webster		Mar 28, 2017
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		Mar 28, 2017
R-WI	Glenn Grothman		Mar 28, 2017
D-CT	John B. Larson		Mar 28, 2017
R-IN	Luke Messer		Mar 28, 2017
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		Mar 28, 2017
R-OK	Markwayne Mullin		Mar 28, 2017
R-PA	Mike Kelly		Mar 28, 2017
R-TX	Pete Olson		Mar 28, 2017
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton		Mar 28, 2017
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Mar 28, 2017
R-OK	Tom Cole		Mar 28, 2017
R-TX	Bill Flores		Mar 29, 2017
R-WV	David B. McKinley		Mar 29, 2017
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Mar 29, 2017
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo		Mar 29, 2017
R-MI	Bill Huizenga		Mar 30, 2017
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		Mar 30, 2017
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler		Mar 30, 2017
R-MO	Jason Smith		Mar 30, 2017
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán		Mar 30, 2017
R-NC	Robert Pittenger		Mar 30, 2017
R-IL	Rodney Davis		Mar 30, 2017
R-TX	Ted Poe		Mar 30, 2017
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Apr 3, 2017
R-MO	Billy Long		Apr 3, 2017
R-NY	Claudia Tenney		Apr 3, 2017
R-TN	David Kustoff		Apr 3, 2017
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Apr 3, 2017
R-AR	J. French Hill		Apr 3, 2017
R-NY	John Katko		Apr 3, 2017
R-PA	Keith J. Rothfus		Apr 3, 2017
R-NJ	Leonard Lance		Apr 3, 2017
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.		Apr 3, 2017
R-TX	Jodey C. Arrington		Apr 4, 2017
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Apr 4, 2017
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal		Apr 4, 2017
R-FL	Bill Posey		Apr 6, 2017
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Apr 6, 2017
R-CA	Devin Nunes		Apr 6, 2017
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Apr 6, 2017
R-PA	Lloyd Smucker		Apr 6, 2017
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins		Apr 6, 2017
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Apr 6, 2017
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Apr 6, 2017
R-MI	Mike Bishop		Apr 6, 2017
R-FL	Ron DeSantis		Apr 6, 2017
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Apr 6, 2017
R-AK	Don Young		Apr 17, 2017
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		Apr 17, 2017
R-AL	Gary J. Palmer		Apr 17, 2017
D-FL	Stephanie N. Murphy		Apr 17, 2017
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider		Apr 20, 2017
D-GA	David Scott		Apr 20, 2017
R-PA	Lou Barletta		Apr 20, 2017
R-SC	Tom Rice		Apr 20, 2017
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Apr 25, 2017
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer		Apr 25, 2017
R-NC	Mark Walker		Apr 25, 2017
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Apr 25, 2017
R-MO	Sam Graves		Apr 25, 2017
R-FL	Ted S. Yoho		Apr 25, 2017
R-AZ	Andy Biggs		Apr 27, 2017
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Apr 27, 2017
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Apr 27, 2017
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Apr 27, 2017
R-CA	David G. Valadao		Apr 27, 2017
D-CT	Elizabeth H. Esty		Apr 27, 2017
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney		Apr 27, 2017
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas		Apr 27, 2017
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam		Apr 28, 2017
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter		May 2, 2017
R-IN	Todd Rokita		May 2, 2017
R-NY	Peter T. King		May 4, 2017
R-OH	David P. Joyce		May 16, 2017
R-TN	Diane Black		May 16, 2017
R-MS	Gregg Harper		May 16, 2017
R-TX	John Abney Culberson		May 16, 2017
R-OK	Steve Russell		May 16, 2017
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi		May 16, 2017
R-NY	Tom Reed		May 16, 2017
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		May 16, 2017
R-AL	Bradley Byrne		May 17, 2017
R-GA	Doug Collins		May 17, 2017
R-MI	Jack Bergman		May 17, 2017
R-MN	Jason Lewis		May 17, 2017
R-MI	John R. Moolenaar		May 17, 2017
R-NC	Ted Budd		May 17, 2017
R-MS	Trent Kelly		May 17, 2017
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger		May 23, 2017
R-FL	Carlos Curbelo		May 23, 2017
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik		May 23, 2017
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		May 23, 2017
R-MN	Erik Paulsen		May 23, 2017
R-NC	George Holding		May 23, 2017
R-TX	Kay Granger		May 23, 2017
R-AL	Martha Roby		May 23, 2017
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		May 23, 2017
R-AR	Steve Womack		May 23, 2017
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		May 24, 2017
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		May 24, 2017
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		May 24, 2017
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		May 24, 2017
R-CA	Jeff Denham		May 24, 2017
R-NC	Mark Meadows		May 24, 2017
R-AL	Mike Rogers		May 24, 2017
R-TX	Lamar Smith		May 25, 2017
R-IN	Jim Banks		May 26, 2017
R-NM	Stevan Pearce		May 26, 2017
R-TX	John R. Carter		May 30, 2017
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey		May 30, 2017
R-SC	Mark Sanford		May 30, 2017
R-CA	Mimi Walters		May 30, 2017
R-WI	Sean P. Duffy		May 30, 2017
R-NE	Adrian Smith		Jun 6, 2017
R-GA	Austin Scott		Jun 6, 2017
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Jun 6, 2017
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		Jun 6, 2017
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann		Jun 6, 2017
R-NY	Chris Collins		Jun 6, 2017
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross		Jun 6, 2017
R-OK	Jim Bridenstine		Jun 6, 2017
R-FL	Neal P. Dunn		Jun 6, 2017
R-IL	Randy Hultgren		Jun 6, 2017
R-VA	Thomas A. Garrett, Jr.		Jun 6, 2017
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney		Jun 6, 2017
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Jun 6, 2017
R-GA	Barry Loudermilk		Jun 8, 2017
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Jun 8, 2017
R-NY	Daniel M. Donovan, Jr.		Jun 8, 2017
R-IL	Darin LaHood		Jun 8, 2017
D-NJ	Donald Norcross		Jun 8, 2017
R-SC	Jeff Duncan		Jun 8, 2017
R-CO	Ken Buck		Jun 8, 2017
R-AZ	Martha McSally		Jun 8, 2017
D-CA	Norma J. Torres		Jun 8, 2017
R-LA	Steve Scalise		Jun 8, 2017
R-FL	Vern Buchanan		Jun 8, 2017
R-NY	John J. Faso		Jun 12, 2017
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Jun 12, 2017
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Jun 12, 2017
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais		Jun 12, 2017
R-WA	Dan Newhouse		Jun 13, 2017
R-NE	Don Bacon		Jun 13, 2017
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Jun 13, 2017
R-IL	John Shimkus		Jun 13, 2017
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		Jun 13, 2017
R-SC	Trey Gowdy		Jun 13, 2017
R-VA	Dave Brat		Jun 15, 2017
D-TX	Gene Green		Jun 15, 2017
R-UT	Mia B. Love		Jun 15, 2017
D-TX	Filemon Vela		Jun 20, 2017
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Jun 20, 2017
R-AL	Mo Brooks		Jun 20, 2017
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Jun 20, 2017
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Jun 20, 2017
R-NJ	Thomas MacArthur		Jun 20, 2017
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez		Jun 20, 2017
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick		Jun 21, 2017
D-HI	Colleen Hanabusa		Jun 21, 2017
R-VA	Scott Taylor		Jun 21, 2017
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman		Jun 22, 2017
R-MI	David A. Trott		Jun 22, 2017
R-LA	Garret Graves		Jun 22, 2017
R-KY	James Comer		Jun 22, 2017
R-TX	Mac Thornberry		Jun 22, 2017
R-TX	Joe Barton		Jun 28, 2017
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Jun 28, 2017
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Jul 6, 2017
R-KS	Kevin Yoder		Jul 6, 2017
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry		Jul 6, 2017
R-TX	Roger Williams		Jul 6, 2017
R-AZ	David Schweikert		Jul 11, 2017
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Jul 11, 2017
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Jul 11, 2017
I-MI	Justin Amash		Jul 11, 2017
R-ND	Kevin Cramer		Jul 11, 2017
D-FL	Lois Frankel		Jul 11, 2017
R-PA	Tom Marino		Jul 11, 2017
R-OH	Warren Davidson		Jul 11, 2017
R-AR	Bruce Westerman		Jul 12, 2017
R-NY	Lee M. Zeldin		Jul 12, 2017
R-IN	Trey Hollingsworth		Jul 12, 2017
R-OH	James B. Renacci		Jul 13, 2017
R-OH	Jim Jordan		Jul 13, 2017
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Jul 14, 2017
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney		Jul 14, 2017
R-CA	Darrell Issa		Jul 14, 2017
R-MI	Fred Upton		Jul 14, 2017
R-WI	Mike Gallagher		Jul 14, 2017
I-MI	Paul Mitchell		Jul 14, 2017
R-AZ	Trent Franks		Jul 14, 2017
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Jul 17, 2017
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Jul 17, 2017
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Jul 17, 2017
R-UT	Rob Bishop		Jul 17, 2017
R-IA	Rod Blum		Jul 17, 2017
R-CA	Stephen Knight		Jul 17, 2017
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Jul 17, 2017
R-ME	Bruce Poliquin		Jul 18, 2017
R-FL	John H. Rutherford		Jul 18, 2017
R-GA	Karen C. Handel		Jul 18, 2017
R-IA	David Young		Jul 19, 2017
R-TX	John Ratcliffe		Jul 19, 2017
R-WY	Liz Cheney		Jul 19, 2017
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Jul 24, 2017
R-FL	Francis Rooney		Jul 24, 2017
R-TX	Louie Gohmert		Jul 24, 2017
R-LA	Mike Johnson		Jul 25, 2017
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		Jul 26, 2017
R-WA	David G. Reichert		Jul 28, 2017
R-SC	Ralph Norman		Sep 1, 2017
R-MT	Greg Gianforte		Sep 11, 2017
R-PA	Charles W. Dent		Sep 21, 2017
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Oct 6, 2017
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Oct 6, 2017
R-CA	Tom McClintock		Oct 23, 2017
R-NC	Virginia Foxx		Oct 26, 2017
R-ID	Raul R. Labrador		Oct 31, 2017
D-VI	Stacey E. Plaskett		Oct 31, 2017

Committees 4

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 3, 2017Markup Oct 4, 2017Reported Oct 31, 2017
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Feb 15, 2017
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Feb 3, 2017Markup Oct 4, 2017Discharged Oct 31, 2017
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Feb 10, 2017
House	Rules Committee	Referred Feb 3, 2017Discharged Oct 31, 2017
Senate	Finance Committee	Referred Nov 6, 2017

Actions 19

Everything that happened, newest first.

Nov 6, 2017Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Nov 2, 2017Rule H. Res. 600 passed House.
Nov 2, 2017Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 600. (consideration: CR H8413-8421)
Nov 2, 2017Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 849 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions.
Nov 2, 2017DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 849.

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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
House	Debate and remarks H8540	Bradley Byrne R-AL	Nov 7, 2017
House	Debate and remarks H8395–H8402, H8407, H8408, H8413–H8421Text printed H8395, H8413Amendments H8402Recorded votes H8411, H8420consideration (H. Res. 600), previous questionenact	Brett Guthrie R-KY, David P. Roe R-TN, Earl L. "Buddy" Carter R-GA, Erik Paulsen R-MN, Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Greg Walden R-OR, Gus M. Bilirakis R-FL, Keith J. Rothfus R-PA, Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY (amendment), Luke Messer R-IN, Marsha Blackburn R-TN, Michael C. Burgess R-TX, Neal P. Dunn R-FL, Peter Welch D-VT, Raul Ruiz D-CA, Rick W. Allen R-GA, Ron Kind D-WI, Ryan A. Costello R-PA, Sander M. Levin D-MI, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX	Nov 2, 2017
House	Debate and remarks H8255, H8256	Kevin McCarthy R-CA, Steny H. Hoyer D-MD	Oct 26, 2017

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

H. Rept. 115-373

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

Oct 27, 2017H.R. 849, Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on October 4, 2017

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The repeal of this provision is consistent with the powers that are reserved to the States and to the people as expressed in Amendment X to the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 19, February 3, 2017, page H977.

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. 115-47	EXAMINING BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE THE MEDICARE PROGRAM214 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	Jul 20, 2017

CRS reports 2

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 2

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R45244	Legislative Actions to Modify the Affordable Care Act in the 111th-115th Congresses	Report	Jun 27, 2018
R44075	The Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB): Frequently Asked Questions Archived	Report	Nov 3, 2017

Amendments 1

Amendments offered to this bill.

Amendment	Description	Offered by	Status
HAmdt 475	Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 600, the amendment in the nature of a substitute is considered as adopted.	Rules Committee	House amendment offered

Related bills 4

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 251	Protecting Medicare from Executive Action Act of 2017	Related bill	Feb 1, 2017
S 260	Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017	Identical bill	Feb 1, 2017
HRES 600	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 849) to repeal the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board.	Procedurally related	Nov 2, 2017
HR 1190	Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015	Reintroduction of	Jun 24, 2015

Titles 4

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

Official Title as Introduced: To repeal the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board.
Short Titles as Introduced: Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017
Short Titles as Reported to House: Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act
Short Titles as Passed House: Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act

Subjects

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

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Nov 6, 2017Referred in Senate
Nov 2, 2017Engrossed in House
Oct 31, 2017Reported in House
Feb 3, 2017Introduced in House

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