HR 185 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

ObamaCare Repeal Act

Introduced Jan 3, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Steve King R-IA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Feb 5, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.

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.

  1. IntroducedJan 3, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

ObamaCare Repeal Act

This bill repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of their enactment. Provisions of law amended by those Acts are restored.

Cosponsors 17

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 3, 2019 to Jan 10, 2019; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-AZAndy BiggsOriginalJan 3, 2019
R-GABarry LoudermilkOriginalJan 3, 2019
R-SCJeff DuncanOriginalJan 3, 2019
R-GAJody B. HiceOriginalJan 3, 2019
R-SCJoe WilsonOriginalJan 3, 2019
R-COKen BuckOriginalJan 3, 2019
R-NCMark MeadowsOriginalJan 3, 2019
R-AZPaul A. GosarOriginalJan 3, 2019
R-SCRalph NormanOriginalJan 3, 2019
R-TXRandy K. Weber, Sr.OriginalJan 3, 2019
R-TNScott DesJarlaisOriginalJan 3, 2019
R-KYThomas MassieOriginalJan 3, 2019
R-OKTom ColeOriginalJan 3, 2019
R-MSTrent KellyOriginalJan 3, 2019
R-TXJohn RatcliffeJan 8, 2019
R-ALMo BrooksJan 8, 2019
R-WVAlexander X. MooneyJan 10, 2019

Committees 8

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Jan 3, 2019
Health Subcommittee
Referred Jan 25, 2019
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Jan 3, 2019
Health Subcommittee
Referred Jan 31, 2019
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Jan 3, 2019
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Jan 3, 2019
Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee
Referred Feb 5, 2019
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Jan 3, 2019
HouseCommittee on House Administration
Referred Jan 3, 2019
HouseRules Committee
Referred Jan 3, 2019
HouseAppropriations Committee
Referred Jan 3, 2019

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 5, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
  2. Jan 31, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  3. Jan 25, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  4. Jan 3, 2019Introduced in House
  5. Jan 3, 2019Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Natural Resources, the Judiciary, House Administration, Rules, and Appropriations, 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.

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: Clause 1, Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States Constitution, which reads: ``The Congress shall have Power to lay and collected Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises.'' Therefore, Congress' taxing power would be the authority to repeal ObamaCare's individual mandate. Clause 3, Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States Constitution, which states Congress' power ``To regulate Commerce . . . among the States.'' ObamaCare was a clear violation of the Commerce Clause, forcing individuals to buy a product, and this bill will ensure that such personal economic decisions are returned to Americans. In addition, this bill makes specific changes to existing law in a manner that returns power to the States and to the People, consistent with Amendment X of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 1, January 3, 2019, page H216.

Related bills 3

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 83Responsible Path to Full Obamacare Repeal ActRelated billFeb 5, 2019
HR 175ObamaCare Repeal ActReintroduction ofFeb 10, 2017
HR 2536To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and for other purposes.Related billMay 21, 2019

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
ObamaCare Repeal Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 3, 2019Introduced in House

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