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H.R.5447: Small Business Health Care Relief Act of 2016
About This Bill
- Introduced June 10, 2016
- Latest Major Action Sept. 19, 2016
Bill Sponsor
Bill Cosponsors
59 (22 Democrats, 37 Republicans)
Bill Versions
- Placed on Calendar Senate - June 23, 2016
- Reported in House - June 21, 2016
- Engrossed in House - June 21, 2016
- Introduced in House - June 10, 2016
Bill Summary
Small Business Health Care Relief Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), and other laws to exempt qualified small employer health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) from certain requirements that apply to group health plans. A qualified small employer HRA is offered by employers that have fewer than 50 full-time employees and do not offer group health plans to...
(Source: Library of Congress)
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Bill Actions
| Date | Description |
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| Sept. 19, 2016 |
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
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| June 23, 2016 |
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 526.
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| June 22, 2016 |
Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
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| June 21, 2016 |
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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| June 21, 2016 |
Voice Vote in the HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4021-4022) |
| June 21, 2016 |
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5447.
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| June 21, 2016 |
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4021-4024)
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| June 21, 2016 |
Mr. Boustany moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
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| June 21, 2016 |
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 493.
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| June 21, 2016 |
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged. |
| June 21, 2016 |
Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged. |
| June 21, 2016 |
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-634, Part I.
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| June 15, 2016 |
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
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| June 15, 2016 |
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
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| June 15, 2016 |
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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| June 10, 2016 |
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
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| June 10, 2016 |
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
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| June 10, 2016 |
Referred to House Ways and Means
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| June 10, 2016 |
Introduced in the House by Charles Boustany Jr. (R-La.) |