About the bill
Should medical devices be taxed to help pay for Obamacare?
Context
The Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as Obamacare, imposed a 2.3% tax on imported medical devices. (There were a few exceptions, such as for devices directly available for purchase by consumers.)
The medical device industry, which opposed the tax, claims to account for more than half a million American jobs and $150 million to the economy. The IRS reported that about a quarter of the intended revenue from the tax was going uncollected.
Once Republicans took over both chambers of Congress in 2015, the tax was temporarily suspended for the two years of 2016–17. President Obama signed the law despite misgivings about that provision, since it was a component of a much larger appropriations bill to fund …
Sponsor and status
115th Congress (2017–2019)
This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on July 24, 2018 but was never passed by the Senate.
Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).
279 Cosponsors (233 Republicans, 46 Democrats)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Renacci Statement on the Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2017”
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Rep. James Renacci [R-OH16, 2011-2018]
(Co-sponsor)
on Jul 30, 2018
“Hudson Statement on Blue Cross NC Lowering Rates by Average of 4.1 Percent”
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Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC8]
(Co-sponsor)
on Jul 31, 2018
“Separated Children Held in Pleasant Hill Reunited with Their Parents”
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Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA11]
on Jul 30, 2018
History
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Feb 6, 2013
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Earlier Version —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 523 (113th). |
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Jun 18, 2015
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Earlier Version —
Passed House (Senate next)
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 160 (114th). |
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Jan 3, 2017
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Introduced
Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber. |
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Jul 24, 2018
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Passed House (Senate next)
The bill was passed in a vote in the House. It goes to the Senate next. |
H.R. 184 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 184. This is the one from the 115th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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