114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 596 

AN ACT 

To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 

and health care-related provisions in the Health Care 

and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and for other 

purposes. 

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. REPEAL OF PPACA AND HEALTH CARE-RE2 LATED PROVISIONS IN THE HEALTH CARE 

3 AND EDUCATION RECONCILIATION ACT OF 

4 2010. 

5 (a) PPACA.—Effective on the date that is 180 days 

6 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Patient 

7 Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111– 

8 148) is repealed, and the provisions of law amended or 

9 repealed by such Act are restored or revived as if such 

10 Act had not been enacted. 

11 (b) HEALTH CARE-RELATED PROVISIONS IN THE

12 HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION RECONCILIATION ACT OF

13 2010.—Effective on the date that is 180 days after the 

14 date of the enactment of this Act, title I and subtitle B 

15 of title II of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation 

16 Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–152) are repealed, and the 

17 provisions of law amended or repealed by such title or sub18 title, respectively, are restored or revived as if such title 

19 and subtitle had not been enacted. 

20 SEC. 2. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

21 The budgetary effects of this Act shall not be entered 

22 on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to sec23 tion 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 

24 SEC. 3. REPORTING REPLACEMENT LEGISLATION. 

25 The Committee on Education and the Workforce, the 

26 Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on 
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1 the Judiciary, and the Committee on Ways and Means of 

2 the House of Representatives shall each report to the 

3 House of Representatives legislation proposing changes to 

4 existing law within each committee’s jurisdiction with pro5 visions that— 

6 (1) foster economic growth and private sector 

7 job creation by eliminating job-killing policies and 

8 regulations; 

9 (2) lower health care premiums through in10 creased competition and choice; 

11 (3) preserve a patient’s ability to keep his or 

12 her health plan if he or she likes it; 

13 (4) provide people with pre-existing conditions 

14 access to affordable health coverage; 

15 (5) reform the medical liability system to re16 duce unnecessary and wasteful health care spending; 

17 (6) increase the number of insured Americans; 

18 (7) protect the doctor-patient relationship; 

19 (8) provide the States greater flexibility to ad20 minister Medicaid programs while reducing costs 

21 under such programs; 

22 (9) expand incentives to encourage personal re23 sponsibility for health care coverage and costs; 
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1 (10) prohibit taxpayer funding of abortions and 

2 provide conscience protections for health care pro3 viders; 

4 (11) eliminate duplicative government programs 

5 and wasteful spending; or 

6 (12) do not accelerate the growth of entitlement 

7 programs or increase the tax burden on Americans. 

Passed the House of Representatives February 3, 

2015. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 596 

AN ACT 

To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable 

Act of 2010, and for other purposes. the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Care Act and health care-related provisions in