Bill > S1315

This bill, titled the "Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act of 2013," aims to prevent the Secretary of the Treasury, and by extension the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), from enforcing key provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. The bill's proponents cite concerns about the IRS's past actions, specifically an admission of singling out advocacy groups based on ideology, as evidence that the agency may be untrustworthy to oversee and enforce the PPACA, which includes a controversial individual mandate requiring most Americans to have health insurance or pay a penalty. The bill's core provision is a direct prohibition on the Secretary of the Treasury from implementing or enforcing any part of these two landmark healthcare laws.