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(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on June 2, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Verify First Act
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit advance payments of the premium assistance tax credit from being made to an individual unless the Department of the Treasury has received confirmation from the Department of Health and Human Services that the Social Security Administration or the Department of Homeland Security has verified the individual's status as a citizen or national of the United States or an alien lawfully present in the United States.
The verification process must include the appropriate use of information related to citizenship or immigration status, such as Social Security numbers (but not individual taxpayer identification numbers).
The bill also amends the Public Health Service Act and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to permit adjustments to certain health insurance coverage dates for an individual whose eligibility for advance payments is delayed due to the verification requirements.
The bill is contingent on the enactment of the American Health Care Act of 2017 (AHCA). If the AHCA is enacted, the bill applies to: (1) the existing tax credit after December 31, 2017; and (2) the tax credit, as modified by the AHCA, after December 31, 2019.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 2581 as passed House amended on Jun 13, 2017. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Jun 13, 2017Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveJun 13, 2017
House Jun 13, 2017 · the primary vote
Verify First Act
Passed
238 Yea 184 Nay 8 not voting
Party-line vote 8 of 422 voting members broke with their own party: 7 Democrats, 1 Republican.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
430 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 2581 and vote against it. 8 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 2581 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
11 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.