H.R. 954CO-OP Consumer Protection Act of 2016

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Sponsor: Adrian Smith [R-NE-03]
Cosponsors: 7 · 7 Republicans
Policy area: Taxation
Committee: Ways and Means Committee
Latest action: Sep 29, 2016 · Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 653.

IntroducedFeb 12, 2015
Passed the HouseSep 27, 2016
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 22, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

CO-OP Consumer Protection Act of 2016

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to temporarily 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. The exemption applies as of the first month for which the coverage was terminated and continues for the remaining months of the calendar year.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 954 as passed House amended on Sep 27, 2016. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 563

House Sep 27, 2016

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CO-OP Consumer Protection Act of 2016

Passed

258 Yea 165 Nay 8 not voting

Party-line vote 16 of 423 voting members broke with their own party: 16 Democrats.

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All members431 members

Democratic186 members

Republican245 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors7 · 7 Republicans

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 954 and vote against it. 0 signed when it was filed.

RJeff Fortenberry [R-NE-01]Joined Feb 24, 2015

RRod Blum [R-IA-01]Joined Feb 27, 2015

RJeff Duncan [R-SC-03]Joined Apr 18, 2016

RJames Renacci [R-OH-16]Joined Jun 7, 2016

RPeter Roskam [R-IL-06]Joined Jul 14, 2016

RRandy Hultgren [R-IL-14]Joined Jul 14, 2016

RRobert Dold [R-IL-10]Joined Sep 7, 2016

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H.R. 954CO-OP Consumer Protection Act of 2016

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 563

On Passage

How the chamber split

Cosponsors7 · 7 Republicans

H.R. 954CO-OP Consumer Protection Act of 2016

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 563

On Passage

How the chamber split

Cosponsors7 · 7 Republicans

Who lobbied on H.R. 9546 organizations

Who lobbied on H.R. 9546 organizations