Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal provisions establishing and appropriating 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 such Fund.
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to post a notice of such rescission and the amounts of funds rescinded on the public HHS website within 10 days of enactment of this Act.
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 393.
Introduced in the Senate. Read twice. Ordered Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 370.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1217 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The resolution makes in order only those amendments printed in the report. All points of order against the amendments are waived.
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 219 and Rule XVIII.
The Speaker designated the Honorable K. Michael Conaway to act as Chairman of the Committee.
GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 1217.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 219, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jackson Lee amendment.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 219, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Castor amendment no. 2.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Castor(FL) amendment no. 2, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Castor(FL) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 219, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Castor amendment no. 3.
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POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Castor(FL)amendment no. 3, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Castor(FL) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 1217.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H2645)
The House adopted the amendment as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Mr. Loebsack moved to recommit with instructions to Energy and Commerce. (consideration: CR H2645-2646; text: CR H2645-2646)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Loebsack motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment inserting a provision that would preserve the Prevention and Public Health Fund for prevention, wellness, and public health activities for individuals 65 years or older. A point of order was reserved, but was subsequently removed.
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H2646)
On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 189 - 234 (Roll no. 263).
Roll Call #263 (House)Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 236 - 183 (Roll no. 264).
Roll Call #264 (House)On passage Passed by recorded vote: 236 - 183 (Roll no. 264).
Roll Call #264 (House)Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.