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 re-
ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 
the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined 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 Ameri-
cans 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 mil-
lion young adults have benefitted from the provision al-
lowing individuals to stay on their parents’ health cov-
erage up to age 26; 
Whereas under the Affordable Care Act 137 million Ameri-
cans 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 un-
compensated 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 dis-
order 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 faith-
fully executed’’; and 
Whereas the Speaker of the House of Representatives has 
stated that ‘‘Obamacare is the law of the land’’: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) urges the President to honor his duties 
under article II of the Constitution to take care that 
the laws be faithfully executed by— 
(A) ensuring cost sharing reduction pay-
ments under the Affordable Care Act are paid; 
(B) enforcing the individual shared respon-
sibility provisions under the Affordable Care 
Act; 
(C) working with States and insurers to 
make sure that consumers everywhere have op-
tions; and 
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(D) 
providing 
adequate 
funding 
for 
healthcare.gov and for outreach and grants to 
Navigators under the Affordable Care Act; and 
(2) discourages the President from using execu-
tive actions to undermine the Affordable Care Act. 
Æ 
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