H.R. 45: To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

113th Congress · introduced 2013-01-03 · Health · Latest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 78.

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Where it came from: introduced 2013-01-03 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: 2 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 153 (2013): On Motion to Recommit with Instructions, HR45 (2013-05-16), Failed. See all
Where it stands now: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 78. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

Plain summary

Repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, effective as of its enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by such Act. Repeals the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education and Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective as of the Act's enactment. Restores provisions of law amended by the Act's health care provisions.

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Official text

To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Sponsor: Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6] · 128 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Steve Scalise (R-LA), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Scott Perry (R-PA), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Andy Harris (R-MD), Andy Barr (R-KY), Thomas Massie (R-KY), John R. Carter (R-TX), Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), Pete Sessions (R-TX), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Harold Rogers (R-KY), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Michael K. Simpson (R-ID) and 68 more.

Recorded votes

House roll call 153 (2013): On Motion to Recommit with Instructions, HR45 (2013-05-16): Failed
House roll call 154 (2013): On Passage, HR45 (2013-05-16): Passed

Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr45.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>

Record fed-us-cong113-hr45 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113