H.R. 1085: To repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund.
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H.R. 1085: To repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund.
114th Congress · introduced 2015-02-25 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-02-25 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
To repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund.
Plain summary
Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal the establishment of, and appropriation of funds to, the Prevention and Public Health Fund (a fund to provide for expanded and sustained national investment in prevention and public health programs to improve health and help restrain the rate of growth in private and public sector health care costs). Rescinds any unobligated balances appropriated to the Fund. Directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to post a notice of the rescission and the amounts of funds rescinded on the public HHS website within 10 days of enactment of this Act.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
To repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16] · 0 cosponsors
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- Appropriation
- Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr1085.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>
Record fed-us-cong114-hr1085 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114