[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 908 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 908

 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals only 
 enrolled in Medicare Part A to contribute to health savings accounts.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 30, 2019

Mr. Latta (for himself, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Gianforte, and Mr. 
 Webster of Florida) 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 allow individuals only 
 enrolled in Medicare Part A to contribute to health savings accounts.

    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 ``Stop Penalizing Working Seniors 
Act''.

SEC. 2. INDIVIDUALS OVER AGE 65 ENROLLED ONLY IN MEDICARE PART A 
              ALLOWED TO CONTRIBUTE TO HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 223(b)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by adding at the end the following: ``This paragraph 
shall not apply to any individual during any period for which the 
individual's only entitlement to such benefits is an entitlement to 
hospital insurance benefits under part A of title XVIII of such Act 
pursuant to an enrollment for such hospital insurance benefits under 
section 226(a) of such Act.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this subsection shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2018.
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