H.R. 6514: To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to redirect user fees assessed of health insurance issuers on Federal Exchanges, and for other purposes.
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H.R. 6514: To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to redirect user fees assessed of health insurance issuers on Federal Exchanges, and for other purposes.
114th Congress · introduced 2016-12-08 · Health · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2016-12-08 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7] · what a sponsor is
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Official title
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to redirect user fees assessed of health insurance issuers on Federal Exchanges, and for other purposes.
Plain summary
This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to deposit monthly in the Treasury $1.50 for each individual enrolled in health insurance coverage though a federally operated health insurance exchange. The user fee charged to health insurers by federally operated health insurance exchanges may not exceed a specified percentage of a plan's premiums.
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Official text
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to redirect user fees assessed of health insurance issuers on Federal Exchanges, and for other purposes.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7] · 0 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr6514.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>
Record fed-us-cong114-hr6514 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114