[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 556 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 556

 To repeal certain provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable 
  Care Act related to patient centered outcomes research and rescind 
  unobligated appropriations related to such provisions and to repeal 
  certain health care-related provisions in the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009 and rescind unobligated appropriations related 
     to such provisions for purposes of reducing the national debt.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 8, 2011

 Mr. McCotter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on 
Appropriations, Ways and Means, Science, Space, and Technology, and the 
 Budget, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To repeal certain provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable 
  Care Act related to patient centered outcomes research and rescind 
  unobligated appropriations related to such provisions and to repeal 
  certain health care-related provisions in the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009 and rescind unobligated appropriations related 
     to such provisions for purposes of reducing the national debt.

    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 ``Preserving Patients' Choices Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF PATIENT-CENTERED OUTCOMES RESEARCH AND RESCISSION OF 
              UNOBLIGATED FUNDS RELATED TO SUCH RESEARCH.

    (a) Repeal.--Section 6301 of the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act (Public Law 111-148), as amended by section 10602 of such Act, 
is repealed and the provisions of law amended or repealed by such 
section 6301 are restored or revived as if such section had not been 
enacted.
    (b) Rescission.--Of the funds made available by section 9511 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by section 6301(e) of the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or by section 1181(b)(3) of 
the Social Security Act, as added by section 6301(a) of the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act, the unobligated balance is 
rescinded.

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF CERTAIN ARRA PROVISIONS AND RESCISSION OF UNOBLIGATED 
              FUNDS RELATED TO SUCH PROVISIONS.

    (a) Repeal.--Each of subtitles A through C of title XIII of 
division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 
(Public Law 111-5) are repealed and the provisions of law amended or 
repealed by such subtitles are restored or revived as if such subtitles 
had not been enacted.
    (b) Rescissions.--There are hereby rescinded all unobligated 
balances remaining available as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act of funds made available by division A of the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) under the headings ``Agency 
for Healthcare Research and Quality'' under title XVIII of such 
division and ``Office of the National Coordinator for Health 
Information Technology'' under such title.

SEC. 4. USE OF FUNDS TO REDUCE NATIONAL DEBT.

    The total amount rescinded by this Act shall be deposited in the 
Federal Treasury to pay down the national debt.

SEC. 5. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

    The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by 
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional 
Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that 
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.
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