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HRES 796 111th Congress House Health Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health programs administration and funding

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that no American should be penalized for failing to purchase Government-mandated health coverage.

Introduced: October 6, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Jul 26, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Oct 7, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 6, 2009
Referred to House Judiciary
Oct 6, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Oct 6, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Oct 6, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that no American should be imprisoned or fined for failing to purchase government-mandated health coverage.

What's happening now July 26, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 4
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Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Oct 20, 2009
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Oct 7, 2009
 R
Issa, Darrell
California · Oct 7, 2009
 R
Jordan, Jim
Ohio · Oct 7, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 796: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that no American should be penalized for failing to purchase Government-mandated health coverage.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-796/
MLA
"H. Res. 796: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that no American should be penalized for failing to purchase Government-mandated health coverage.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-796/.
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H. Res. 796, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-796/.
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