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S. 3311 114th Congress Senate

CO-OP Consumer Protection Act of 2016

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt individuals whose health plans under the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan program have been term… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt individuals whose health plans under the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan program have been terminated from the individual mandate penalty.

Introduced: September 12, 2016 See on congress.gov
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Sep 12, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sep 12, 2016
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 Latest action September 12, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

CO-OP Consumer Protection Act of 2016

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from penalties for failing to purchase and maintain minimum essential health care coverage individuals whose coverage under a plan offered by a qualified nonprofit health insurance issuer receiving funds through the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan program was terminated.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 954 CO-OP Consumer Protection Act of 2016
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 2
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Barrasso, John
Wyoming · Sep 28, 2016
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Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · Sep 12, 2016
Vitter, David
· Sep 12, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3311: CO-OP Consumer Protection Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-3311/
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"S. 3311: CO-OP Consumer Protection Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-3311/.
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S. 3311, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-3311/.
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