[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6300 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6300

     To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain 
       individuals from the individual health insurance mandate.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 14, 2016

 Mr. Messer (for himself, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Harris, Mr. Franks of 
 Arizona, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Emmer of 
Minnesota, Mr. LaMalfa, and Mr. Hudson) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain 
       individuals from the individual health insurance mandate.

    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 ``Unaffordable Care Act''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FROM THE INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE MANDATE FOR 
              CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.

    (a) In General.--Section 5000A(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
            ``(6) Individuals residing in locations with less than two 
        exchange plans.--Any applicable individual who for any month 
        resides in a location with respect to which there are less than 
        two qualified health plans offered to such individual through 
        an Exchange established under title I of the Patient Protection 
        and Affordable Care Act.
            ``(7) Individuals subject to certain premium increases.--
        Any applicable individual for any month beginning in a calendar 
        year (hereafter in this paragraph referred to as the `exemption 
        month') if--
                    ``(A) such individual was covered under minimum 
                essential coverage for the last month of the preceding 
                calendar year, and
                    ``(B) the premium for such minimum essential 
                coverage for the exemption month is at least 125 
                percent of the premium for such coverage for the month 
                described in subparagraph (A).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to months beginning after December 31, 2016.
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