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S 3411 112th Congress Senate Health Constitution and constitutional amendments Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Income tax rates

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

Introduced: July 19, 2012 Introduced by: Lee, Mike Republican · Utah See on congress.gov
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Jul 19, 2012
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 19, 2012
Introduced in Senate
 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 July 19, 2012

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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