A bill to protect the healthcare of hundreds of millions of people of the United States and prevent efforts of the Department of Justice to advocate courts to strike down the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Bill: 116-s-4653
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2020-09-22
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability

Department of Justice

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Judicial review and appeals
Latest action: action_date: 2020-10-01
text: Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 43. Record Vote Number: 200. (CR S6015)

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-09-22
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill prohibits the Department of Justice from advocating that a court invalidate any provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.</p>

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 551 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4653 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 22, 2020 Mr. Schumer introduced the following bill; which was read the first time September 23, 2020 Read the second time and placed on the calendar A BILL To protect the healthcare of hundreds of millions of people of the United States and prevent efforts of the Department of Justice to advocate courts to strike down the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

1. Prohibiting DOJ efforts to advocate courts to strike down Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act The Department of Justice may not in any case, including in California v. Texas, No. 19–840 (U.S. cert. granted Mar. 2, 2020), advocate that a court invalidate any provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( Public Law 111–148 ; 124 Stat. 119) or any amendment made by that Act.

September 23, 2020 Read the second time and placed on the calendar