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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jan 28, 2015
This bill repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, effective as of its enactment. Provisions of law amended by that Act are restored.
This bill repeals the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of the Act's enactment. Provisions of law amended by that Act's health care provisions are restored.
Specified committees of the House of Representatives must report legislation within each committee's jurisdiction with provisions that:
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foster economic growth and private sector job creation;
lower health care premiums;
preserve a patient's ability to keep their health plan;
provide people with preexisting conditions access to affordable health coverage;
reform the medical liability system to reduce unnecessary health care spending;
increase the number of insured Americans;
protect the doctor-patient relationship;
provide states greater flexibility to administer Medicaid programs;
expand incentives to encourage personal responsibility for health care coverage and costs;
prohibit taxpayer funding of abortions and provide conscience protections for health care providers;
eliminate duplicative government programs and wasteful spending; or
do not accelerate the insolvency of entitlement programs or increase the tax burden on Americans.
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Rep. Byrne, Bradley [R-AL-1] · R–AL
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions .
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 14.
Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed by recorded vote: 239 - 186 (Roll no. 58). (text: CR H723)
House roll call 58 · Individual votesPassed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 239 - 186 (Roll no. 58).(text: CR H723)
House roll call 58 · Individual votesOn motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 179 - 241 (Roll no. 57).
House roll call 57 · Individual votesThe previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H741)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with up to 10 minutes of debate on the DeSaulnier motion to recommit with instructions pending reservation of a point order. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to ensure that the Affordable Care Act cannot be repealed if: (1) insurance companies are once again allowed to discriminate based on pre-existing conditions or gender; (2) premiums or out-of-pocket costs increase for Medicare part D patients; or (3) middle class families are forced to pay a tax increase due to the loss of premium tax credits. Subsequently, the reservation of a point of order was withdrawn.
Mr. DeSaulnier moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Ways and Means. (consideration: CR H740-741; text: CR H740)
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H740)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with 90 minutes of debate on H.R. 596.
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 596 with 1 hour and 30 minutes of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. The amendment printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution shall be considered as adopted.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 70. (consideration: CR H723-742)
Rule H. Res. 70 passed House.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 70 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 596 with 1 hour and 30 minutes of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. The amendment printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution shall be considered as adopted.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Rules, House Administration, Appropriations, and the Budget, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Rules, House Administration, Appropriations, and the Budget, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Rules, House Administration, Appropriations, and the Budget, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Rules, House Administration, Appropriations, and the Budget, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Rules, House Administration, Appropriations, and the Budget, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Rules, House Administration, Appropriations, and the Budget, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Rules, House Administration, Appropriations, and the Budget, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Rules, House Administration, Appropriations, and the Budget, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Rules, House Administration, Appropriations, and the Budget, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Rules, House Administration, Appropriations, and the Budget, 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.
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Introduced in House
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