Verify First Act
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit advance payments of the premium assistance tax credit from being made to an individual unless the Department of the Treasury has received confirmation from the Department of Health and Human Services that the Social Security Administration or the Department of Homeland Security has verified the individual's status as a citizen or national of the United States or an alien lawfully present in the United States.
The verification process must include the appropriate use of information related to citizenship or immigration status, such as Social Security numbers (but not individual taxpayer identification numbers).
The bill also amends the Public Health Service Act and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to permit adjustments to certain health insurance coverage dates for an individual whose eligibility for advance payments is delayed due to the verification requirements.
The bill is contingent on the enactment of the American Health Care Act of 2017 (AHCA). If the AHCA is enacted, the bill applies to: (1) the existing tax credit after December 31, 2017; and (2) the tax credit, as modified by the AHCA, after December 31, 2019.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-14 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate |
| 2017-06-13 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2017-06-13 | Vote | On passage Passed by recorded vote: 238 - 184 (Roll no. 306). (text: CR H4875) | House floor actions |
| 2017-06-13 | Vote | On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 193 - 231 (Roll no. 305). (text: CR H4883) | House floor actions |
| 2017-06-13 | Floor | Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4896-4898) | House floor actions |
| 2017-06-13 | Floor | POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Sanchez motion to recommit with instructions, Chair put the question on adoption of the motion to recommit and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Sanchez demanded the yeas and nays, and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the motion to recommit with instructions until later in the later legislative day. | House floor actions |
| 2017-06-13 | Floor | The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H4883) | House floor actions |
| 2017-06-13 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Sanchez motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to report the same back to the House forthwith with an amendment to add an exemption to the underlying bill for newborn children who are less than one year of age. | House floor actions |
| 2017-06-13 | Floor | Ms. Sanchez moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Ways and Means. (text: CR H4883) | House floor actions |
| 2017-06-13 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 2581. | House floor actions |
| 2017-06-13 | Floor | Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2581 and S. 1094, with 1 hour of general debate for each bill. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except a motion to recommit with or without instructions on H.R. 2581, and a motion to commit on S. 1094. Both measures will be considered read and are closed to amendments. | House floor actions |
| 2017-06-13 | Floor | Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 378. (consideration: CR H4875-4883) | House floor actions |
| 2017-06-12 | Floor | Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 378 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2581 and S. 1094. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2581 and S. 1094, with 1 hour of general debate for each bill. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except a motion to recommit with or without instructions on H.R. 2581, and a motion to commit on S. 1094. Both measures will be considered read and are closed to amendments. | House floor actions |
| 2017-06-02 | Calendars | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 108. | House floor actions |
| 2017-06-02 | Discharge | Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged. | House floor actions |
| 2017-06-02 | Committee | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 115-161, Part I. | House floor actions |
| 2017-05-26 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House committee actions |
| 2017-05-22 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. | House floor actions |
| 2017-05-22 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. | House floor actions |
| 2017-05-22 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |