S. 1488: A bill to delay the application of the individual health insurance mandate, to delay the application of the employer health insurance mandate, and for other purposes.

113th Congress · introduced 2013-09-09 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Where it came from: introduced 2013-09-09 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

A bill to delay the application of the individual health insurance mandate, to delay the application of the employer health insurance mandate, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

Fairness for American Families Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), to delay until 2015 the requirement that individuals maintain minimal essential health care coverage. Authority for Mandate Delay Act - Amends PPACA to delay until 2015 enforcement of requirements that large employers offer their full-time employees the opportunity to enroll in minimum essential coverage. Delays the effective date of related reporting requirements for such employers and for providers of minimum essential coverage.

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Official text

A bill to delay the application of the individual health insurance mandate, to delay the application of the employer health insurance mandate, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN] · 42 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Mitch McConnell (R-KY), John Boozman (R-AR), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Tim Scott (R-SC), John Barrasso (R-WY), James E. Risch (R-ID), John Cornyn (R-TX), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Rand Paul (R-KY), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Ron Johnson (R-WI), John Thune (R-SD), John Hoeven (R-ND), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113s1488.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/s>

Record fed-us-cong113-s1488 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113