UPDATE: H.R.6311 – To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to modify the definition of qualified health plan for purposes of the health insurance premium tax credit and to allow individuals purchasing health insurance in the individual market to purchase a lower premium copper plan.

LATEST ACTION: July 26, 2018 - Received in the Senate.

BILL TITLE: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to modify the definition of qualified health plan for purposes of the health insurance premium tax credit and to allow individuals purchasing health insurance in the individual market to purchase a lower premium copper plan.

[NOTE: The contents of this legislative update are current as of 06:00 AM on July 27, 2018.]

BILL NUMBER: 115th Congress: House Bill 6311 (H.R.6311)

CHAMBER OF ORIGIN: U.S. House of Representatives

CURRENT CHAMBER: U.S. Senate

For DETAILED LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION on H.R.6311, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/6311

BILL TEXT: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/6311/text

ACTIONS-TO-DATE (ordered by most recent first):

07/26/2018 -- Senate -- Received in the Senate.

07/25/2018 -- House -- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

07/25/2018 -- House -- On passage Passed by recorded vote: 242 - 176 (Roll no. 376). (text: CR H7658-7659)

07/25/2018 -- House -- On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 187 - 229 (Roll no. 375).

07/25/2018 -- House -- The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.

07/25/2018 -- House -- DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Frankel (FL) motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment stating no amendment made by this Act shall take effect until the annual reports of the Board of the Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund established under section 1817 of the Social Security Act and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund indicate the reduction of solvency of such trust funds by reason of Public Law 115-97 have been reversed.

07/25/2018 -- House -- Ms. Frankel (FL) moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Ways and Means.

07/25/2018 -- House -- The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

07/25/2018 -- House -- DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 6311.

07/25/2018 -- House -- Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 184 and H.R. 6311. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 184 and H.R. 6311 both under closed rules. The rule provides for one motion to recommit with or without instructions on each measure.

07/25/2018 -- House -- Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1011. (consideration: CR H7658-7667)

07/24/2018 -- House -- Rule H. Res. 1011 passed House.

07/23/2018 -- House -- Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1011 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 184 and H.R. 6311. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 184 and H.R. 6311 both under closed rules. The rule provides for one motion to recommit with or without instructions on each measure.

07/19/2018 -- House -- Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 115-849, Part I.

07/11/2018 -- House -- Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 16.

07/11/2018 -- House -- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

07/06/2018 -- House -- Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.

07/06/2018 -- House -- Introduced in House.

SPONSOR(S)*:

-- Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6]

CO-SPONSOR(S)*:

[*Note: Sponsors and co-sponsors are current as of July 26, 2018. For the most up-to-date version of the sponsor and co-sponsor lists, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/6311/cosponsors ]

-- Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]

COMMITTEES: House Ways and Means Committee; House Energy and Commerce Committee.