US Congress House Resolution 657 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on July 17 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-07-17 - Referred to House Ways and Means
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) Members of Congress who participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) should be automatically enrolled in the public health insurance option (if one is established as a choice within the Health Insurance Exchange); (2) Members of Congress whose individual or joint modified adjusted gross incomes fall below the minimum amounts at which a surtax is imposed shall be subject to a 1% surtax; and (3) Members' Campaign Committees should be required to provide health insurance coverage to their employees.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Members of Congress who participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) should be automatically enrolled in the public option and be subject to any personal income tax increases levied as a result of healthcare legislation, regardless of their annual gross income.

Rep. Artur Davis [D-AL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-07-17		Referred to House Ways and Means
2009-07-17		Referred to House House Administration
2009-07-17		Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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.

HR615 (Related) 2009-07-13 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8014)
HR626 (Related) 2009-07-10 - Referred to House Ways and Means
HR642 (Related) 2009-07-14 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
SR243 (Related) 2009-08-05 - Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8873)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-resolution/657/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hres657/BILLS-111hres657ih.pdf