[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2629 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2629

To protect the American people's ability to make their own health care 
   decisions by ensuring the Federal Government shall not force any 
                 American to purchase health insurance.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 21, 2009

   Mr. Paul introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To protect the American people's ability to make their own health care 
   decisions by ensuring the Federal Government shall not force any 
                 American to purchase health insurance.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Coercion is Not Health Care Act''.

SEC. 2. NO FEDERAL REQUIREMENT FOR HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE.

    Participation in, or access to, any program of the Federal 
Government or eligibility to receive any benefit under Federal law 
shall not be conditioned on the purchase or maintenance of health 
insurance coverage.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON FEDERAL AUTHORITY.

    No individual or agency of the Federal Government shall ever 
require any individual to purchase health insurance coverage.
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