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HR 6334 112th Congress House Health Constitution and constitutional amendments Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Income tax rates

To provide that the individual mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act shall not be construed as a tax.

Introduced: August 2, 2012 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Aug 2, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to provide that provisions of such Act imposing a penalty for failure to purchase minimum essential health care coverage shall not be construed as imposing any tax or as an exercise of any power of Congress under the Constitution to impose a tax. Makes the effective date of the amendment made by this Act retroactive to the enactment date of PPACA.

What's happening now August 2, 2012

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Republican 1
Graves, Tom
· Sep 10, 2012
 R
Lankford, James
Oklahoma · Sep 10, 2012
BARTLETT, ROSCOE
· Aug 2, 2012
Roe, David
· Aug 2, 2012
SENSENBRENNER, F.
· Aug 2, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6334: To provide that the individual mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act shall not be construed as a tax.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6334/
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"H.R. 6334: To provide that the individual mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act shall not be construed as a tax.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6334/.
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