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HR 3517 113th Congress House

Federal and State Insurance Exchange Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act of 2013

Official title: To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to delay the individual health insurance mandate and any penalties for violating the individual mandate… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to delay the individual health insurance mandate and any penalties for violating the individual mandate until after there is a certification that the healthcare.gov or other applicable State Exchange website is fully operational, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 15, 2013 See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 113th Congress ended
It never became law before the 113th Congress (2013–2014) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Nov 22, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 15, 2013
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Nov 15, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 22, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Federal and State Insurance Exchange Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to delay the effective date of the penalty for failure to maintain minimum essential health insurance coverage to months beginning no earlier than 30 days after the end of an enrollment period extension required by this Act (a period of at least 90 days after a certification to Congress by the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services [HHS] that the healthcare.gov website and a state exchange website are fully operational, or only the healthcare.gov website in the case of an individual residing in a state without a state exchange website).

Requires the Inspector General, in determining whether to make such certification, to consider monthly reports by the Comptroller General (GAO) on the progress of the websites in achieving such status.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3425 Related bill Health Care Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act of 2013
 Bill text 1 version

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3517: Federal and State Insurance Exchange Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3517/
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"H.R. 3517: Federal and State Insurance Exchange Access Fairness and Penalty Delay Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3517/.
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H.R. 3517, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3517/.
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