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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 556 

To repeal certain provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 

Act related to patient centered outcomes research and rescind unobligated 

appropriations related to such provisions and to repeal certain health 

care-related provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 

of 2009 and rescind unobligated appropriations related to such provisions 

for purposes of reducing the national debt. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 8, 2011 

Mr. MCCOTTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on 

Appropriations, Ways and Means, Science, Space, and Technology, and 

the Budget, 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 

A BILL 

To repeal certain provisions in the Patient Protection and 

Affordable Care Act related to patient centered outcomes 

research and rescind unobligated appropriations related 

to such provisions and to repeal certain health carerelated provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and rescind unobligated appropriations related to such provisions for purposes of reducing 

the national debt. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preserving Patients’ 

3 Choices Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REPEAL OF PATIENT-CENTERED OUTCOMES RE5 SEARCH AND RESCISSION OF UNOBLIGATED 

6 FUNDS RELATED TO SUCH RESEARCH. 

7 (a) REPEAL.—Section 6301 of the Patient Protection 

8 and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148), as 

9 amended by section 10602 of such Act, is repealed and 

10 the provisions of law amended or repealed by such section 

11 6301 are restored or revived as if such section had not 

12 been enacted. 

13 (b) RESCISSION.—Of the funds made available by 

14 section 9511 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as 

15 added by section 6301(e) of the Patient Protection and 

16 Affordable Care Act, or by section 1181(b)(3) of the Social 

17 Security Act, as added by section 6301(a) of the Patient 

18 Protection and Affordable Care Act, the unobligated bal19 ance is rescinded. 

20 SEC. 3. REPEAL OF CERTAIN ARRA PROVISIONS AND RE21 SCISSION OF UNOBLIGATED FUNDS RELATED 

22 TO SUCH PROVISIONS. 

23 (a) REPEAL.—Each of subtitles A through C of title 

24 XIII of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvest25 ment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5) are repealed and 

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1 titles are restored or revived as if such subtitles had not 

2 been enacted. 

3 (b) RESCISSIONS.—There are hereby rescinded all 

4 unobligated balances remaining available as of the date 

5 of the enactment of this Act of funds made available by 

6 division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment 

7 Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5) under the headings 

8 ‘‘Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’’ under title 

9 XVIII of such division and ‘‘Office of the National Coordi10 nator for Health Information Technology’’ under such 

11 title. 

12 SEC. 4. USE OF FUNDS TO REDUCE NATIONAL DEBT. 

13 The total amount rescinded by this Act shall be de14 posited in the Federal Treasury to pay down the national 

15 debt. 

16 SEC. 5. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

17 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 

18 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 

19 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 

20 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 

21 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

22 by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro23 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 

24 vote on passage. 

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