I 112th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 556 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 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.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Preserving Patients' Choices Act.

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of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148), as amended by section 10602 of such Act, is repealed and the provisions of law amended or repealed by such section 6301 are restored or revived as if such section had not been enacted.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Security Act, as added by section 6301(a) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the unobligated balance is rescinded.

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A through C of title XIII of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5) are repealed and the provisions of law amended or repealed by such subtitles are restored or revived as if such subtitles had not been enacted.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There are hereby rescinded all unobligated balances remaining available as of the date of the enactment of this Act of funds made available by division A of the American Recovery and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.

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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.

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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.