Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Act
Latest action · Sep 22, 2020 Received in the Senate.
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 30, 2019
- Passed HouseSep 21, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Act
This bill allows tribally controlled grant schools to participate in the Federal Employee Health Benefits program.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 9, 2019 to Jan 24, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Jul 9, 2019 | |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Jul 22, 2019 | |
| R-ND | Kelly Armstrong | Jul 30, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Oct 8, 2019 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Oct 11, 2019 | |
| R-OH | David P. Joyce | Oct 22, 2019 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Oct 23, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Nov 14, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Denny Heck | Nov 15, 2019 | |
| R-KS | Steve Watkins | Nov 15, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Xochitl Torres Small | Dec 4, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Dec 9, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Jan 24, 2020 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jan 30, 2019Markup Jan 15, 2020Reported Sep 15, 2020 |
| Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Feb 15, 2019Hearings Jul 16, 2019Discharged Jan 15, 2020 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jan 30, 2019Discharged Sep 15, 2020 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jan 30, 2019Discharged Sep 15, 2020 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jan 31, 2020 |
Actions 18
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 22, 2020Received in the Senate.
- Sep 21, 2020Ms. Haaland moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Sep 21, 2020Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4568-4570)
- Sep 21, 2020DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 895.
- Sep 21, 2020Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4568)
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 | Debate and remarks H4568–H4570Text printed H4568 | Debra A. Haaland D-NM, Dusty Johnson R-SD, Liz Cheney R-WY | Sep 21, 2020 |
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
- Feb 18, 2020H.R. 895, Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on January 15, 2020
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 19, January 30, 2019, page H1338.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 279 | Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Act | Identical bill | Jul 9, 2019 |
| S 886 | Indian Water Rights Settlement Extension Act | Related bill | Jun 15, 2020 |
| HR 6800 | The Heroes Act | Related bill | Jul 23, 2020 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To allow tribal grant schools to participate in the Federal Employee Health Benefits program.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 22, 2020Received in Senate
- Sep 21, 2020Engrossed in House
- Sep 15, 2020Reported in House
- Jan 30, 2019Introduced 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.
