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
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Aug 2, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Aug 2, 2012
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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