H.R. 1217 - To repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund

Bill Text

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    To repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund.

Rule Information

 

COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY VOICE VOTE on Tuesday, April 12, 2011.

FLOOR ACTION ON H.RES. 219: 
Adopted by record vote of 237-180, after ordering the previous question by record vote 238-182, on Wednesday, April 13, 2011.  

MANAGERS: Foxx/Hastings

1. Structured rule.

2. Provides one hour general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.

4. Provides that the bill shall be considered as read.

5. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill.

6. Makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution. Provides that each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.

7. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in the report.

8. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

Amendments (click headers to sort)

#Version #Sponsor(s)PartySummaryStatus
11Version 1Castor (FL)DemocratWould require the U.S. Government Accountability Office to conduct a study of the impact funds awarded through the Prevention and Public Health Fund would have on preventing chronic diseases and promoting health.Made In Order
12Version 1Castor (FL)DemocratLATE Would preserve funding for the Prevention and Public Health Fund until heart disease is no longer the leading cause of death for women in the United States. Submitted
13Version 1Castor (FL)DemocratWould require the U.S. Government Accountability Office to conduct a study of the economic impact funds awarded through the Prevention and Public Health Fund would have on states and communities.Made In Order
15Version 1Connolly (VA)DemocratLATE Would require the Secretaries of Health and Human Services, Defense and Veterans Affairs to complete a study and report to Congress on the prevalence of chronic disease among active military, veterans and their families and how repeal of the Prevention and Public Health Fund will affect military recruitment and healthy outcomes among those individuals.Submitted
7Version 1Ellison (MN)DemocratWould strike lines 3 through 10 of Section 1 of H.R. 1217.Submitted
8Version 1Ellison (MN)DemocratWould designate the short title to be the “Ensuring Community Outbreaks of Lethal Influenza (ECOLI) Act.”Submitted
9Version 1Ellison (MN)DemocratWould designate the short title to be cited as the “Bring Your Mastercard to the Emergency Room Act.”Submitted
1Version 1Jackson Lee (TX) DemocratWould add a sense of Congress that prevention of disease and injury is effective.Submitted
2Version 1Jackson Lee (TX) DemocratWould add a sense of Congress that prevention health care services reduce national health care costs.Submitted
3Version 1Jackson Lee (TX) DemocratWould require the Department of Health and Human Services to post on its website a notice of rescission of unobligated Section 4002 funds and the amount rescinded.Made In Order
5Version 1Pallone (NJ)DemocratWould add a sense of Congress supporting four studies that support the claim that prevention saves lives and money. Submitted
6Version 1Pallone (NJ)DemocratWould add a sense of Congress that health prevention efforts save lives and money.Submitted
4Version 1Schwartz (PA)DemocratWould ensure that no funds would be repealed for programs expanding the primary care workforce authorized by titles VII and VIII of the Public Health Service Act until there are no longer any designated health professional shortage areas.Submitted
14Version 1Sewell (AL)DemocratWithdrawn Would require a study by HHS on how the rescission of this program will exacerbate the problem of obesity and the negative affects this will have on military recruitment.Withdrawn
10Version 2Wilson (FL)DemocratRevised Would protect those activities dealing with seasonal or swine flu preparedness that are authorized by future legislation.Submitted