Comprehensive Health Care

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US Congress 113th Congress

Exchange Sunset Act of 2013 [S.1272] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Insurance ]
Exchange Sunset Act of 2013 - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to make inapplicable provisions concerning Health Benefit Exchanges if one or more Exchanges fail to accept applications for enrollment in qualified health plans beginning on October 1, 2013. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to terminate the requirement that individuals maintain minimum essential coverage upon such a determination by the Secretary of the Treasury.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael B. Enzi Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/10/2013

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Health Care Conscience Rights Act [S.1204] [Healthcare ] [Reproductive Rights / Abortion ] [Public Health ] [Law Enforcement ] [Religion ]
Health Care Conscience Rights Act - Amends title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to declare that nothing in such title shall require an individual to purchase individual health insurance coverage that includes coverage of an abortion or other item or service to which the individual has a moral or religious objection, or prevent an issuer from offering or issuing, to that individual, individual coverage excluding such item or service. Makes similar denials about requiring a sponsor to sponsor, purchase, or provide such coverage, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael B. Enzi Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 06/20/2013

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Exchange Sunset Act of 2013 [S.1154] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Insurance ]
Exchange Sunset Act of 2013 - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to make inapplicable provisions concerning Health Benefit Exchanges if one or more Exchanges fail to accept applications for enrollment in qualified health plans beginning on October 1, 2013. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to terminate the requirement that individuals maintain minimum essential coverage upon such a determination by the Secretary of the Treasury.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. James M. Inhofe Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/12/2013

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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding women's health and economic security. [HR-94] [Healthcare ] [Reproductive Rights / Abortion ] [Insurance ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Human Rights ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Economic Development ]
Expresses support for efforts to make improving women's health a priority in the 113th Congress. Expresses support for efforts to ensure that women have: (1) access to the best available scientifically based health care, safe childbearing, and affordable insurance coverage for all of their pregnancy-related health care needs, including contraception and abortion, as well as for their general health care needs; (2) the autonomy to decide whether and when to have children and the medically accurate information, education, and access to health services (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald E. Connolly Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/01/2013

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Providing for authority to initiate litigation for actions by the President or other executive branch officials inconsistent with their duties under the Constitution of the United States. [HR-676] [Healthcare ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Authorizes the Speaker of the House of Representatives to initiate or intervene in one or more civil actions, on behalf of the House, in a federal court of competent jurisdiction to seek any appropriate relief regarding the failure of the President, the head of any department or agency, or any other executive branch officer or employee, to act in a manner consistent with that official's duties under the U.S. Constitution and federal laws with respect to implementation of requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), certain (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Pete Sessions Considered Under The Provisions Of Rule H. Res. 694. (consideration: Cr H7087-7099) on 07/30/2014

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Relating to the application of Article II, section 3, clause 5, of the Constitution of the United States. [HR-655] [Healthcare ] [Taxes ] [Insurance ]
Declares that the Secretary of the Treasury has failed to meet the specified requirement of the U.S. Constitution to take care that a law be faithfully executed, with respect to the departmental policy provided under the Department of the Treasury Notice 2013-45, as announced by the Department on July 2, 2013, pertaining to the one-year delay in the application of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to reporting requirements by providers of health insurance coverage, certain employers required to report on health insurance coverage, and related (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Darrell E. Issa Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 09/02/2014

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Directing the House of Representatives to bring a civil action for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge certain policies and actions taken by the executive branch. [HR-442] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Immigration ] [Human Services ] [Budget and Spending ] [Social Security ]
Requires the House of Representatives to bring a civil action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge any of the following policies or actions: the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) policy that, for health insurance coverage that is renewed for a policy year between January 1, 2014, and October 1, 2014, health insurance issuers may continue to offer coverage that would otherwise be terminated or cancelled for noncompliance with various requirements of title XXVII of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise Referred To The Committee On Rules, And In Addition To The Committee On House Administration, 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. on 12/12/2013

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Expressing disapproval of the failure to satisfy the constitutional duty to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed" and the usurpation of the legislative authority of Congress by the President of the United States. [HR-425] [Healthcare ]
Disapproves the President's: (1) failure to "take care that the laws be faithfully executed," as required by the Constitution, and (2) usurpation of the legislative power of Congress through the rewriting of key provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Reaffirms that the preservation of the Constitution's separation of powers is essential for the protection of individual liberty and the maintenance of the rule of law.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 01/09/2014

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Directing the Speaker of the House of Representatives to direct, for the purpose of interpreting Office of Personnel Management (OPM) guidance with respect to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, that the definition of "congressional staff" employed by an "official office" shall include all committee staff, all joint committee staff, and all staff employed by leadership offices of the House of Representatives. [HR-344] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives to require, for the purpose of interpreting Office of Personnel Management (OPM) guidance with respect to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), that the definition of "congressional staff" employed by an "official office" include all committee staff, all joint committee staff, and all staff employed by House leadership offices.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Louie Gohmert Referred To The House Committee On House Administration. on 09/12/2013

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Expressing the firm conviction of the House of Representatives that any continuing resolution or debt ceiling increase it may approve for the duration of the 113th Congress shall affirmatively include a provision specifically prohibiting the expenditure of any federal funds in support of or in implementation or effectuation or enforcement of any provision of the Affordable Care Act ("ObamaCare"). [HR-333] [Healthcare ] [Budget and Spending ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Public Health ]
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that no bill or resolution shall pass that continues appropriations in the event of a lapse in appropriations or increases the borrowing authority relating to the public debt limit unless it contains a provision prohibiting the expenditure of any federal funds to implement or enforce any provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Stockman Referred To The Committee On Appropriations, And In Addition To The Committee On Ways And Means, 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. on 08/02/2013

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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009 violates article I, section 7, clause 1 of the United States Constitution because it was a "Bill for raising Revenue'' that did not originate in the House of Representatives. [HR-153] [Healthcare ]
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009: (1) was a "bill for raising revenue" as those words were intended to be understood in article I, section 7, clause 1 of the Constitution; and (2) did not originate in the House of Representatives.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 04/12/2013

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Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 [HJR-69] [Agriculture ] [Defense ] [Disaster Relief ] [Food ] [Funding ] [Healthcare ] [Housing ] [Social Security ] [Veterans ] [Budget and Spending ] [Energy ]
Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 - Makes continuing appropriations for FY2014. Appropriates amounts for continuing projects or activities that were conducted in FY2013 and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available in: the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division A of P.L. 113-6); the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division B of P.L. 113-6); the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Reed Referred To The Committee On Appropriations, And In Addition To The Committees On The Budget, And Ways And Means, 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. on 09/30/2013

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Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 [HJR-67] [Agriculture ] [Defense ] [Disaster Relief ] [Energy ] [Food ] [Funding ] [Healthcare ] [Housing ] [Human Services ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Military ] [Public Health ] [Social Security ] [Veterans ] [Budget and Spending ]
Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 - Makes continuing appropriations for FY2014. Appropriates amounts for continuing projects or activities which were conducted in FY2013 and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available in: the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division A of P.L. 113-6); the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division B of P.L. 113-6); the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eric A. Crawford Referred To The Committee On Appropriations, And In Addition To The Committee On 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. on 09/30/2013

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Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 [HJR-66] [Agriculture ] [Defense ] [Disaster Relief ] [Food ] [Healthcare ] [Housing ] [Insurance ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Public Health ] [Social Security ] [Veterans ] [Budget and Spending ]
Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 - Makes continuing appropriations for FY2014. Appropriates amounts for continuing projects or activities that were conducted in FY2013 and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available in: the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division A of P.L. 113-6); the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division B of P.L. 113-6); the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Graves Referred To The Committee On Appropriations, And In Addition To The Committees On The Budget, And Ways And Means, 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. on 09/27/2013

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Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 [HJR-65] [Agriculture ] [Defense ] [Food ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Social Security ] [Disaster Relief ] [Budget and Spending ] [Healthcare ]
Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 - Makes continuing appropriations for FY2014. Appropriates amounts for continuing operations, projects, or activities which were conducted in FY2013 and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available in: the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division A of P.L. 113-6); the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division B of P.L. 113-6); the Department of Defense Appropriations (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eric A. Crawford Referred To The Committee On Appropriations, And In Addition To The Committee On 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. on 09/25/2013

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Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Personnel Management relating to the treatment of Members of Congress and congressional staff under section 1312 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. [HJR-63] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Disapproves the rule submitted by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) relating to the treatment, for purposes of qualifying for certain Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) benefits, of Members of Congress and congressional staff under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Declares that the rule shall have no force or effect.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michael T. McCaul Referred To The Committee On House Administration, And In Addition To The Committee On Oversight And Government Reform, 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. on 09/16/2013

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Stability, Security, and Fairness Resolution of 2013 [HJR-62] [Agriculture ] [Defense ] [Finance ] [Budget and Spending ] [Social Security ] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Veterans ] [Disaster Relief ]
Stability, Security, and Fairness Resolution of 2013 - Makes continuing appropriations for FY2014. Appropriates amounts for continuing operations, projects, or activities which were conducted in FY2013 and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available in: the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division A of P.L. 113-6); the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division B of P.L. 113-6); and The Full-Year Continuing (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Referred To The Committee On Appropriations, And In Addition To The Committees On The Budget, And Ways And Means, 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. on 09/12/2013

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Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 [HJR-59] [Budget and Spending ] [Defense ] [Finance ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Social Security ] [Student Loans ] [Taxes ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Unemployment ] [Energy ] [Healthcare ] [Trade ] [Pensions ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Veterans ] [Public Safety ] [Consumer Protection ]
Division A: Bipartisan Budget Agreement - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 - Division A [sic]: Budget Enforcement and Deficit Reduction - Title I: Budget Enforcement - Subtitle A: Amendments to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act - (Sec. 101) Amends the Balanced Budget Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to establish (increased) discretionary spending limits (spending caps) for the revised security and nonsecurity categories for FY2014-FY2015. Continues the existing spending limits in such categories (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Harold Rogers Signed By President. on 12/26/2013

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Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2015 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2016 through 2024. [HCR-96] [Budget and Spending ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Taxes ] [Trade ] [Healthcare ] [Social Security ] [Education ] [Funding ] [Poverty ]
Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2015, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2016-FY2024. Title I: Recommended Levels and Amounts - (Sec. 101) Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts for FY2015-FY2024 with respect to: (1) federal revenues, (2) new budget authority, (3) budget outlays, (4) deficits (on-budget), (5) debt subject to limit, and (6) debt held by the public. (Sec. 102) Lists the appropriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for specified major functional categories for FY2015-FY2024. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Paul D. Ryan Received In The Senate And Referred To The Committee On The Budget. on 04/11/2014

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Expressing the sense of Congress that President Barack Obama has violated section 3 of article II of the Constitution by refusing to enforce the employer mandate provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. [HCR-45] [Healthcare ]
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the President has violated Section 3 of Article II of the Constitution by refusing to enforce the employer mandate provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA); (2) republican government depends upon the rule of law; (3) the executive branch, which has no constitutional authority to write or rewrite law at whim, has invaded upon the exclusive legislative power of Congress; and (4) PPACA has proven to be unworkable and should be repealed by Congress immediately.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 07/12/2013

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