[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 174 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 174

Expressing the sense of Congress that entities established under health 
care reform proposals should not be permitted to form political action 
        committees or make contributions to Federal candidates.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 4, 1993

Mr. Calvert (for himself, Mr. Bachus of Alabama, Mr. Walker, Mr. Fish, 
and Mr. Armey) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
           referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of Congress that entities established under health 
care reform proposals should not be permitted to form political action 
        committees or make contributions to Federal candidates.

Whereas health care reform is a national need and priority;
Whereas central to many reform proposals are new national and regional entities 
        designed to oversee and implement health coverage;
Whereas health coverage, records, and practices affect Americans at the most 
        private and personal level; and
Whereas the requirement to insulate any new governmental, quasi-governmental, or 
        government-mandated bureaucracies from Federal electoral affairs is 
        self-evident and paramount: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that none of the following entities 
established under any national health care reform enacted by Congress 
should be permitted to form a political action committee or to make a 
contribution to Federal candidates:
            (1) Any ``National Health Board'', ``Benefits Commission'', 
        or other entity established to oversee or set Federal standards 
        regarding national health care benefits, costs, or quality 
        standards.
            (2) Any regional alliance, cooperative, or other entity 
        established by States under national health care reform for the 
        purpose of purchasing coverage for employees and dependents of 
        companies with fewer than 5,000 employees, and for the families 
        of most part-time workers, the self-employed, the unemployed, 
        and nonworkers.
            (3) Any corporate alliance, cooperative, or other entity 
        established under national health care reform by corporations 
        with more than 5,000 employees, Taft-Hartley plans, and rural 
        electric and telephone cooperatives for the purpose of 
        purchasing coverage.

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