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H.R.4118

H.R.4118: SIMPLE Fairness Act

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About This Bill

This bill was introduced in the 113th Congress
This bill is primarily about taxation
Introduced Feb. 28, 2014
Latest Major Action March 10, 2014

Bill Sponsor

Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.)

Bill Cosponsors

18 (All Republicans)

Bill Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Suspending the Individual Mandate Penalty Law Equals Fairness Act or the SIMPLE Fairness Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to delay until 2015 the imposition of the monthly penalty amount on individual taxpayers for failure to purchase minimum essential health care coverage.

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Bill Actions

Date	Description
March 10, 2014	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 319.
March 6, 2014	Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
March 5, 2014	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
March 5, 2014	Vote in the House On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 250 - 160 (Roll no. 97). (text: CR H2168)
March 5, 2014	Vote in the House On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 185 - 227 (Roll no. 96).
March 5, 2014	The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H2176)
March 5, 2014	DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Horsford motion to recommit with instructions, pending the reservation of a point of order. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to add a new section at the end of the bill titled Protecting Consumers From Premium Increases and Discrimination on the Basis of Preexisting Conditions. The point of order was subsequently withdrawn.
March 5, 2014	Mr. Horsford moved to recommit with instructions to Ways and Means. (consideration: CR H2175-2176; text: CR H2175)
March 5, 2014	The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H2175)
March 5, 2014	DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 4118.
March 5, 2014	The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule makes in order as original text for the purpose of amendment an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 113-40 for H.R. 3826 and provides that it shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against that amendment in the nature of a substitute.
March 5, 2014	Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 497. (consideration: CR H2168-2177)
March 5, 2014	Rule H. Res. 497 passed House.
March 4, 2014	Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 497 Reported to House. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule makes in order as original text for the purpose of amendment an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 113-40 for H.R. 3826 and provides that it shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against that amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Feb. 28, 2014	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb. 28, 2014	Introduced in the House by Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.)

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