Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2012 - Repeals provisions of the Public Health Service Act enacted under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (entitled the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act or the CLASS Act) which establish a national, voluntary insurance program for purchasing community living assistance services and supports in order to provide individuals with functional limitations with tools that will allow them to maintain their personal and financial independence and live in the community.
Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to convert funding for the National Clearinghouse for Long-Term Care Information from a direct appropriation to an authorization of appropriations.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1173 Introduced in House (IH)]
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1173
To repeal the CLASS program.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 17, 2011
Mr. Boustany (for himself, Mr. Gingrey of Georgia, Mr. Lipinski, Mr.
Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Paul, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mrs.
Blackburn, Mr. Akin, and Mr. Royce) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in
addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To repeal the CLASS program.
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 ``Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement
Security Act of 2011''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF CLASS PROGRAM.
(a) Repeal.--Title XXXII of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 300ll et seq.; relating to the CLASS program) is repealed.
(b) Conforming Changes.--
(1) Title VIII of the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act (Public Law 111-148; 124 Stat. 119, 846-847) is
repealed.
(2) Section 1902(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1396a(a)) is amended--
(A) by striking paragraphs (81) and (82);
(B) in paragraph (80), by inserting ``and'' at the
end; and
(C) by redesignating paragraph (83) as paragraph
(81).
(3) Paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 6021(d) of the
Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 1396p note) are
amended to read as such paragraphs were in effect on the day
before the date of the enactment of section 8002(d) of the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-
148). Of the funds appropriated by paragraph (3) of such
section 6021(d), as amended by the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act, the unobligated balance is rescinded.
<all>
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Jackson Lee amendment No. 1, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Ms. Jackson Lee demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Deutch amendment No. 4 under the five-minute rule.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Deutch amendment No. 4, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Mr. Deutch demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Deutch amendment No. 5 under the five-minute rule.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Deutch amendment No. 5, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Mr. Deutch demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
The Committee of the Whole proceeded with pro forma amendments.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question on adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 1173.
Llama 3.2 · runs locally in your browser
Ask anything about this bill. The AI reads the full text to answer.
Enter to send · Shift+Enter for new line
The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H333)
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H352)
Mr. Garamendi moved to recommit with instructions to Energy and Commerce. (consideration: CR H352-354; text: CR H352)
Floor summary: DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Garamendi motion to recommit. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to insert a section entitled "Ensuring Long-Term Care Services for Seniors with Alzheimer's Disease and Other Disabled Individuals".
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H353)
On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 175 - 247 (Roll no. 17).
Roll Call #17 (House)Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 267 - 159 (Roll no. 18).
Roll Call #18 (House)On passage Passed by recorded vote: 267 - 159 (Roll no. 18).
Roll Call #18 (House)Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate.
Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 331.