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HR 2073 109th Congress House

Small Business Health Insurance Promotion Act of 2005

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax subsidies to encourage small employers to offer affordable health coverage to their employees through… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax subsidies to encourage small employers to offer affordable health coverage to their employees through qualified health pooling arrangements, to encourage the establishment and operation of these arrangements, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 4, 2005 See on congress.gov
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May 23, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
May 20, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
May 4, 2005
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
May 4, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 23, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Small Business Health Insurance Promotion Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain small employers (not more than 50 employees) a business tax credit equal to 50 percent of amounts paid by such employers for the health care coverage of their employees under a qualified health pooling arrangement. Limits the period during which the tax credit may be taken to four years from the date the employer begins participating in a qualified health pooling arrangement. Defines "qualified health pooling arrangement" as a national or state arrangement that provides health benefits coverage substantially similar to that of the four largest health benefit plans offered to Federal employees.

Directs the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Labor to provide for the offering and oversight of qualified State and national health pooling arrangements and to conduct a study, through the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, of the operation of such arrangements.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 34
All 34 Democratic 26
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · May 19, 2006
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · May 4, 2006
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Jun 15, 2005
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · May 4, 2005
BOUCHER, RICK
· May 4, 2005
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · May 4, 2005
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · May 4, 2005
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · May 4, 2005
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Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · May 4, 2005
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Green, Al
Texas · May 4, 2005
Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie
· May 4, 2005
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · May 4, 2005
KILPATRICK, CAROLYN
· May 4, 2005
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · May 4, 2005
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · May 4, 2005
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · May 4, 2005
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · May 4, 2005
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · May 4, 2005
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 4, 2005
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · May 4, 2005
Melancon, Charlie
· May 4, 2005
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 4, 2005
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 4, 2005
ORTIZ, SOLOMON
· May 4, 2005
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · May 4, 2005
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · May 4, 2005
Salazar, John
· May 4, 2005
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · May 4, 2005
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · May 4, 2005
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · May 4, 2005
STUPAK, BART
· May 4, 2005
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Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · May 4, 2005
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Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · May 4, 2005
WEINER, ANTHONY
· May 4, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2073: Small Business Health Insurance Promotion Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-2073/
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"H.R. 2073: Small Business Health Insurance Promotion Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-2073/.
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H.R. 2073, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-2073/.
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