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H.R. 636 (112th): Affordable Health Care Expansion Act of 2011
- Introduced:
- Feb 10, 2011 (112th Congress, 2011–2013)
- Sponsor:
- Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX12]
- Status:
- Died (Referred to Committee)
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- Full Title
To repeal PPACA and the health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a refundable credit against income tax for the purchase of private health insurance, and for other purposes.
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- Text
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Last updated Feb 10, 2011.
19 pages
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Library of Congress Summary
The summary below was written by the Congressional Research Service, which is a nonpartisan division of the Library of Congress.
2/10/2011--Introduced.
Affordable Health Care Expansion Act of 2011- Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Restores provisions of law amended by such Act or provisions.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow individual taxpayers a refundable tax credit for health insurance costs paid for the benefit of the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, and dependents; (2) require business taxpayers who receive payments for certain employee health insurance coverage to file informational returns; and (3) direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make advance payments of health insurance tax credit amounts to health insurance providers.
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The bill contains the following citations to other parts of U.S. law:
Slip Laws
Slip laws refer to enacted bills and joint resolutions in their original form as enacted by Congress, that is, before other laws amend them. Slip laws are cited as “Public Law XXX-YYY”, where XXX is the number of the Congress in which the bill or resolution was introduced.
- Public Law 111-148:
H.R. 3590 (111th): Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Public Law 111-152:
H.R. 4872 (111th): Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010
United States Code
The United States Code is the compilation of permanent laws enacted by Congress. Temporary and other non-permanent laws do not appear in the United States Code. (About half of the United States Code is the law itself, called positive law. The other half is merely a compilation of the laws but has no legal significance.)
- Title 31: MONEY AND FINANCE
- Subtitle II: THE BUDGET PROCESS
- Chapter 13: APPROPRIATIONS
- Subchapter II: TRUST FUNDS AND REFUNDS
- Section 1324: Refund of internal revenue collections
Other Citations
- 5 U.S.C. Chapter 89
- 10 U.S.C. Chapter 55
- 38 U.S.C. Chapter 17