IV 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 345 

Urging the President to faithfully carry out the Affordable Care Act. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 19, 2017 

Mr. CICILLINE (for himself, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. NEAL, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, 

and Mr. YARMUTH) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 

the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

RESOLUTION 

Urging the President to faithfully carry out the Affordable 

Care Act. 

Whereas 12.2 million Americans obtained health insurance 

through the marketplaces under the Patient Protection 

and Affordable Care Act (in this resolution referred to as 

the ‘‘Affordable Care Act’’) in 2017 and are depending 

on that coverage; 

Whereas under the Affordable Care Act more than 20 million 

Americans gained health coverage; 

Whereas under the Affordable Care Act 105 million Americans with employer or individual market coverage no 

longer have a lifetime limit on their health coverage; 


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Whereas under the Affordable Care Act an estimated 2.3 million young adults have benefitted from the provision allowing individuals to stay on their parents’ health coverage up to age 26; 

Whereas under the Affordable Care Act 137 million Americans have benefitted from the provision requiring health 

plans to cover preventive services at no extra cost to the 

consumer; 

Whereas under the Affordable Care Act 16.2 million more 

Americans have Medicaid coverage than before the law’s 

major coverage provisions took effect; 

Whereas nearly 30 percent of those gaining coverage through 

the law’s Medicaid expansion have a mental illness or 

substance use disorder; 

Whereas under the Affordable Care Act the share of hospital 

expenses attributable to uncompensated care fell by more 

than a quarter from 2013 to 2015, reducing hospital uncompensated care costs by an estimated $10.4 billion in 

2015; 

Whereas under the Affordable Care Act nearly 12 million 

Medicare beneficiaries have saved more than $26.8 billion 

total, or an average of more than $2,000 per beneficiary, 

on prescription drugs; 

Whereas under the Affordable Care Act all health insurance 

in the individual market now covers ten essential health 

benefits, including mental health and substance use disorder services, prescription drugs, and maternity and 

newborn care; 

Whereas since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, the 

solvency of Medicare’s Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 


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Fund has been extended 11 years, putting the program 

on more sound financial footing; 

Whereas under the Affordable Care Act up to 129 million 

Americans with preexisting conditions can no longer be 

denied health insurance or charged more for coverage; 

Whereas the Affordable Care Act was passed by Congress 

and signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 

2010; 

Whereas section 3 of article II of the Constitution sets forth 

that the President ‘‘shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed’’; and 

Whereas the Speaker of the House of Representatives has 

stated that ‘‘Obamacare is the law of the land’’: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) urges the President to honor his duties 

3 under article II of the Constitution to take care that 

4 the laws be faithfully executed by— 

5 (A) ensuring cost sharing reduction pay6 ments under the Affordable Care Act are paid; 

7 (B) enforcing the individual shared respon8 sibility provisions under the Affordable Care 

9 Act; 

10 (C) working with States and insurers to 

11 make sure that consumers everywhere have op12 tions; and 


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1 (D) providing adequate funding for 

2 healthcare.gov and for outreach and grants to 

3 Navigators under the Affordable Care Act; and 

4 (2) discourages the President from using execu5 tive actions to undermine the Affordable Care Act. 

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