H.R. 6334: To provide that the individual mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act shall not be construed as a tax.
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H.R. 6334: To provide that the individual mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act shall not be construed as a tax.
112th Congress · introduced 2012-08-02 · Health · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2012-08-02 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Labrador, Raul R. [R-ID-1] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
To provide that the individual mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act shall not be construed as a tax.
Plain summary
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to provide that provisions of such Act imposing a penalty for failure to purchase minimum essential health care coverage shall not be construed as imposing any tax or as an exercise of any power of Congress under the Constitution to impose a tax. Makes the effective date of the amendment made by this Act retroactive to the enactment date of PPACA.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
To provide that the individual mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act shall not be construed as a tax.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Labrador, Raul R. [R-ID-1] · 6 cosponsors
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James Lankford (R-OK)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr6334.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr6334 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112