S. 1685: A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings.
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S. 1685: A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings.
117th Congress · introduced 2021-05-18 · Economics and Public Finance · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2021-05-18 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings.
Plain summary
This bill requires the Congressional Budget Office, upon receiving a request from Congress, to determine if legislation would reduce spending outside of the 10-year budget window through the use of preventive health and preventive health services.
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Official text
A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] · 3 cosponsors
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Mike Crapo (R-ID), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117s1685.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/s>
Record fed-us-cong117-s1685 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117