3.0.0 2243 2022-11-01T19:32:18Z 2022-11-01T19:32:18Z House HR 2019-04-10 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 62 (Wednesday, April 10, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Miss GONZALEZ-COLON of Puerto Rico:H.R. 2243.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The Congress has the power to enact this legislationpursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of theU.S. Constitution, which provide as follows:The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes,Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide forthe common Defence and general Welfare of the United States;but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniformthroughout the United States; [. . .]--AndTo make all laws which shall be necessary and proper forcarrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all otherPowers vested by this Constitution in the Government of theUnited States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Moreover, the Congress has the power to enact thislegislation pursuant to Article IV, Section 3, whichprovides, in relevant part, as follows:The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make allneedful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory orother Property belonging to the United States; and nothing inthis Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice anyClaims of the United States, or of any particular State.[Page H3258]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2019-04-11T19:08:29Z Referred to 2019-04-10T13:11:40Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2019-04-10T20:42:53Z Referred to 2019-04-10T13:11:35Z Territory Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019 116 19 S 2019-01-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Identical bill CRS 2019-04-11 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2019-04-10 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2019-04-10 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2019-04-10 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2019-04-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-04-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000582 Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon R PR N P000610 Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large] Stacey Plaskett D VI E. 0 2019-04-10 True R000600 Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large] Aumua Amata Radewagen R AS Coleman 0 2019-04-10 True S001204 Del. San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. [D-GU-At Large] Michael San Nicolas D GU F. Q. 0 2019-04-10 True Health American Samoa Caribbean area Government information and archives Guam Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Insurance industry and regulation Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. territories and protectorates User charges and fees Virgin Islands Health 00 2019-04-10 Introduced in House 2020-01-25T17:47:47Z Territory Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019

This bill lowers the annual fee on health insurers that collect premiums from residents in U.S. territories.

The annual fee for a health insurer is currently calculated based on the insurer's share of total premiums from the preceding calendar year. The bill excludes premiums paid by residents of U.S. territories from a health insurer's net premiums but still includes the premiums of such residents in the determination of total premiums from the preceding year, thereby lowering the fee for these insurers.

Under current law, the fee is suspended for 2019 (i.e., there is no fee based on premiums from 2018).

]]> Territory Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019 Display Title Territory Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019 Official Title as Introduced To exempt health insurance of residents of United States territories from the annual fee on health insurance providers. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Territory Health Insurance Tax Relief Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr2243ih/xml/BILLS-116hr2243ih.xml 2019-04-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.