Religious Freedom Tax Repeal Act of 2013
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Mar 5, 2013)
Religious Freedom Tax Repeal Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt an employer opposed by reason of adherence to a religious belief or moral conviction from the tax penalty imposed for failure of a group health plan to cover required women's preventive care and screenings.
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to prohibit the Secretary of Labor from bringing an action against a plan to enforce any requirement to provide such coverage to which an employer is opposed by reason of adherence to a religious belief or moral conviction.
Exempts group health plans from penalties under state and federal enforcement provisions of the Public Health Service Act for failure to meet such women's health requirements insofar as they concern coverage to which an employer is opposed on the basis of religious belief or moral conviction.
What just happenedApr 23, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMar 5, 2013
- Apr 23, 2013Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
- Mar 8, 2013Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 5, 2013IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
- Mar 5, 2013IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
- Mar 5, 2013IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
- Mar 5, 2013IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Mar 5, 2013IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House