Save Our States Act

Save Our States Act - Delays the effective date of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and prohibits the federal government from promulgating any further regulations or otherwise preparing to implement the the provisions of such Acts, until the U.S. Supreme Court renders a judgment that includes a holding on the constitutionality of the requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage in any case pending before a federal court on the date of the enactment of this Act.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 663 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 663

To delay the implementation of the health reform law until the Supreme 
   Court determines the constitutionality of the individual mandate.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2011

 Mr. Brady of Texas (for himself and Mr. Graves of Georgia) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
    Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, 
 Education and the Workforce, Natural Resources, the Judiciary, Rules, 
     Appropriations, and House Administration, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To delay the implementation of the health reform law until the Supreme 
   Court determines the constitutionality of the individual mandate.

    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 ``Save Our States Act''.

SEC. 2. DELAY IN IMPLEMENTATION OF HEALTH REFORM LAW PROVISIONS UNTIL 
              SUPREME COURT DECISION ON THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE 
              INDIVIDUAL MANDATE.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, until 
the date on which the Supreme Court of the United States renders a 
judgment that includes a holding on the constitutionality of the 
requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage under section 5000A 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by section 1501(b) of 
Public Law 111-148) in any case pending before a Federal court on the 
date of the enactment of this Act--
            (1) the provisions of the health reform law (as defined in 
        subsection (b)) that are not in effect on the date of the 
        enactment of this Act shall not be in effect; and
            (2) the Federal government shall not promulgate any further 
        regulations under such provisions or otherwise prepare to 
        implement such provisions.
    (b) Health Reform Law Defined.--In this section, the term ``health 
reform law'' means--
            (1) the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public 
        Law 111-148); and
            (2) title I and subtitle B of title II of the Health Care 
        and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-152),
and includes the amendments made by such provisions.
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