[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4653 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 551
116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4653

  To protect the healthcare of hundreds of millions of people of the 
   United States and prevent efforts of the Department of Justice to 
 advocate courts to strike down the Patient Protection and Affordable 
                               Care Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 22, 2020

  Mr. Schumer introduced the following bill; which was read the first 
                                  time

                           September 23, 2020

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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                                 A BILL


 
  To protect the healthcare of hundreds of millions of people of the 
   United States and prevent efforts of the Department of Justice to 
 advocate courts to strike down the Patient Protection and Affordable 
                               Care Act.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITING DOJ EFFORTS TO ADVOCATE COURTS TO STRIKE DOWN 
              PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.

    The Department of Justice may not in any case, including in 
California v. Texas, No. 19-840 (U.S. cert. granted Mar. 2, 2020), 
advocate that a court invalidate any provision of the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148; 124 Stat. 119) 
or any amendment made by that Act.
                                                       Calendar No. 551

116th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 4653

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To protect the healthcare of hundreds of millions of people of the 
   United States and prevent efforts of the Department of Justice to 
 advocate courts to strike down the Patient Protection and Affordable 
                               Care Act.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 23, 2020

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar