H.R. 3373: Healthcare.gov Spending Accountability Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-10-29 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Where it came from: introduced 2013-10-29 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Healthcare.gov Spending Accountability Act

Plain summary

Healthcare.gov Spending Accountability Act - Prohibits any federal official, including the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), from incurring any obligations respecting the repair or maintenance of the healthcare.gov website, unless: (1) the President submits to Congress proposed reductions in Affordable Care Act federal spending commensurate with the amount of obligations to be so incurred, and (2) Congress enacts a law that effects spending reductions commensurate with that amount. States that, for purposes of such prohibition, Affordable Care Act spending is federal spending to carry out the provisions of, including amendments made by, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or title I or subtitle B of title II of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

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Official text

Healthcare.gov Spending Accountability Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6] · 0 cosponsors

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Words on this page, explained (1)

Obligation: A binding promise by a government agency to pay money, for example by signing a contract or awarding a grant. Spending data such as USAspending.gov counts money when it is obligated, which can be before it is actually paid out.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr3373.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>

Record fed-us-cong113-hr3373 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113