Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4279) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for…

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Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4279) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the disposition of unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements; for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4280) to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system; and for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4281) to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to improve access and choice for entrepreneurs with small businesses with respect to medical care for their employees.

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House Introduced May 11, 2004
House Passed May 12, 2004 224–203

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4279) to amend the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the disposition of unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements; for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4280) concerning health care liability claims; and for consideration of the bill (H.R.

What it does: CRS summary · Passed House without amendment · May 12, 2004

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

Votes to become law

House · Passed May 12, 2004 · 224 Yea – 203 Nay Adoption Speaker: J. Dennis Hastert

About this bill and sources

Official title: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4279) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the disposition of unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements; for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4280) to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system; and for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4281) to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to improve access and choice for entrepreneurs with small businesses with respect to medical care for their employees.

Member	Party at vote	Seat	Position
Don Young	R	AK-AL	Aye
Jo Bonner	R	AL-1	Aye
Terry Everett	R	AL-2	Aye
Mike Rogers	R	AL-3	Aye
Robert Aderholt	R	AL-4	Aye
Bud Cramer	D	AL-5	No
Spencer Bachus	R	AL-6	Aye
Artur Davis	D	AL-7	No
Marion Berry	D	AR-1	No
Vic Snyder	D	AR-2	No
John Boozman	R	AR-3	Aye
Mike Ross	D	AR-4	No
Rick Renzi	R	AZ-1	Aye
Trent Franks	R	AZ-2	Aye
John Shadegg	R	AZ-3	Aye
Ed Pastor	D	AZ-4	No
J.D. Hayworth	R	AZ-5	Aye
Jeff Flake	R	AZ-6	Aye
Raúl Grijalva	D	AZ-7	No
Jim Kolbe	R	AZ-8	Aye
Mike Thompson	D	CA-1	No
Ellen Tauscher	D	CA-10	No
Richard Pombo	R	CA-11	Aye
Tom Lantos	D	CA-12	No
Pete Stark	D	CA-13	No
Anna Eshoo	D	CA-14	No
Mike Honda	D	CA-15	No
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-16	No
Sam Farr	D	CA-17	No
Dennis Cardoza	D	CA-18	No
George Radanovich	R	CA-19	Aye
Wally Herger	R	CA-2	Aye
Cal Dooley	D	CA-20	No
Devin Nunes	R	CA-21	Aye
Bill Thomas	R	CA-22	Aye
Lois Capps	D	CA-23	No
Elton Gallegly	R	CA-24	Aye
Buck McKeon	R	CA-25	Aye
David Dreier	R	CA-26	Aye
Brad Sherman	D	CA-27	No
Howard Berman	D	CA-28	No
Adam Schiff	D	CA-29	No
Doug Ose	R	CA-3	Aye
Henry Waxman	D	CA-30	No
Xavier Becerra	D	CA-31	No
Hilda Solis	D	CA-32	No
Diane Watson	D	CA-33	No
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA-34	No
Maxine Waters	D	CA-35	No
Jane Harman	D	CA-36	No
Juanita Millender-McDonald	D	CA-37	No
Grace Napolitano	D	CA-38	No
Linda Sánchez	D	CA-39	No
John Doolittle	R	CA-4	Aye
Ed Royce	R	CA-40	Aye
Jerry Lewis	R	CA-41	Aye
Gary Miller	R	CA-42	Aye
Joe Baca	D	CA-43	No
Ken Calvert	R	CA-44	Aye
Mary Bono Mack	R	CA-45	Aye
Dana Rohrabacher	R	CA-46	Aye
Loretta Sanchez	D	CA-47	No
C. Cox	R	CA-48	Aye
Darrell Issa	R	CA-49	Aye
Robert Matsui	D	CA-5	No
Duke Cunningham	R	CA-50	Aye
Bob Filner	D	CA-51	No
Duncan Hunter	R	CA-52	Aye
Susan Davis	D	CA-53	No
Lynn Woolsey	D	CA-6	No
George Miller	D	CA-7	No
Nancy Pelosi	D	CA-8	No
Barbara Lee	D	CA-9	No
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	No
Mark Udall	D	CO-2	No
Scott McInnis	R	CO-3	Aye
Marilyn Musgrave	R	CO-4	Aye
Joel Hefley	R	CO-5	Aye
Tom Tancredo	R	CO-6	Aye
Bob Beauprez	R	CO-7	Aye
John Larson	D	CT-1	No
Rob Simmons	R	CT-2	Aye
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	No
Christopher Shays	R	CT-4	Aye
Nancy Johnson	R	CT-5	Aye
Michael Castle	R	DE-AL	Aye
Jeff Miller	R	FL-1	Aye
C. Young	R	FL-10	Aye
Jim Davis	D	FL-11	No
Adam Putnam	R	FL-12	Aye
Katherine Harris	R	FL-13	Aye
Porter Goss	R	FL-14	Aye
Dave Weldon	R	FL-15	Aye
Mark Foley	R	FL-16	Aye
Kendrick Meek	D	FL-17	No
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	R	FL-18	Aye
Robert Wexler	D	FL-19	No
Allen Boyd	D	FL-2	No
Peter Deutsch	D	FL-20	No
Lincoln Diaz-Balart	R	FL-21	Aye
E. Shaw	R	FL-22	Aye
Alcee Hastings	D	FL-23	No
Tom Feeney	R	FL-24	Aye
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-25	Aye
Corrine Brown	D	FL-3	No
Ander Crenshaw	R	FL-4	Aye
Ginny Brown-Waite	R	FL-5	Aye
Cliff Stearns	R	FL-6	Aye
John Mica	R	FL-7	Aye
Ric Keller	R	FL-8	Aye
Michael Bilirakis	R	FL-9	Aye
Jack Kingston	R	GA-1	Aye
Nathan Deal	R	GA-10	Aye
Phil Gingrey	R	GA-11	Aye
Max Burns	R	GA-12	Aye
David Scott	D	GA-13	No
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	No
Jim Marshall	D	GA-3	No
Denise Majette	D	GA-4	No
John Lewis	D	GA-5	No
Johnny Isakson	R	GA-6	Aye
John Linder	R	GA-7	Aye
Mac Collins	R	GA-8	Aye
Charlie Norwood	R	GA-9	Aye
Neil Abercrombie	D	HI-1	No
Ed Case	D	HI-2	No
Jim Nussle	R	IA-1	Aye
Jim Leach	R	IA-2	Aye
Leonard Boswell	D	IA-3	No
Tom Latham	R	IA-4	Aye
Steve King	R	IA-5	Aye
Butch Otter	R	ID-1	Aye
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2	Aye
Bobby Rush	D	IL-1	No
Mark Kirk	R	IL-10	Aye
Jerry Weller	R	IL-11	Aye
Jerry Costello	D	IL-12	No
Judy Biggert	R	IL-13	Aye
Timothy Johnson	R	IL-15	Aye
Donald Manzullo	R	IL-16	Aye
Lane Evans	D	IL-17	No
Ray LaHood	R	IL-18	Aye
John Shimkus	R	IL-19	Aye
Jesse Jackson	D	IL-2	No
William Lipinski	D	IL-3	No
Luis Gutiérrez	D	IL-4	No
Rahm Emanuel	D	IL-5	No
Henry Hyde	R	IL-6	Aye
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	No
Phil Crane	R	IL-8	Aye
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	No
Peter Visclosky	D	IN-1	No
Chris Chocola	R	IN-2	Aye
Mark Souder	R	IN-3	Aye
Steve Buyer	R	IN-4	Aye
Dan Burton	R	IN-5	Aye
Mike Pence	R	IN-6	Aye
Julia Carson	D	IN-7	No
John Hostettler	R	IN-8	Aye
Baron Hill	D	IN-9	No
Jerry Moran	R	KS-1	Aye
Jim Ryun	R	KS-2	Aye
Dennis Moore	D	KS-3	No
Todd Tiahrt	R	KS-4	Aye
Ed Whitfield	R	KY-1	Aye
Ron Lewis	R	KY-2	Aye
Anne Northup	R	KY-3	Aye
Ken Lucas	D	KY-4	No
Hal Rogers	R	KY-5	Aye
Ben Chandler	D	KY-6	No
David Vitter	R	LA-1	Aye
William Jefferson	D	LA-2	No
Billy Tauzin	R	LA-3	Not Voting
Jim McCrery	R	LA-4	Aye
Rodney Alexander	D	LA-5	No
Richard Baker	R	LA-6	Aye
Chris John	D	LA-7	No
John Olver	D	MA-1	No
Bill Delahunt	D	MA-10	No
Richard Neal	D	MA-2	No
Jim McGovern	D	MA-3	No
Barney Frank	D	MA-4	No
Marty Meehan	D	MA-5	No
John Tierney	D	MA-6	No
Ed Markey	D	MA-7	No
Michael Capuano	D	MA-8	No
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-9	No
Wayne Gilchrest	R	MD-1	Aye
C. Ruppersberger	D	MD-2	No
Benjamin Cardin	D	MD-3	No
Albert Wynn	D	MD-4	No
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	No
Roscoe Bartlett	R	MD-6	Aye
Elijah Cummings	D	MD-7	No
Chris Van Hollen	D	MD-8	No
Tom Allen	D	ME-1	No
Michael Michaud	D	ME-2	No
Bart Stupak	D	MI-1	No
Candice Miller	R	MI-10	Aye
Thad McCotter	R	MI-11	Aye
Sander Levin	D	MI-12	No
Carolyn Kilpatrick	D	MI-13	No
John Conyers	D	MI-14	No
John Dingell	D	MI-15	No
Pete Hoekstra	R	MI-2	Aye
Vernon Ehlers	R	MI-3	Aye
Dave Camp	R	MI-4	Aye
Dale Kildee	D	MI-5	No
Fred Upton	R	MI-6	Aye
Nick Smith	R	MI-7	Aye
Mike Rogers	R	MI-8	Aye
Joe Knollenberg	R	MI-9	Aye
Gil Gutknecht	R	MN-1	Not Voting
John Kline	R	MN-2	Aye
Jim Ramstad	R	MN-3	Aye
Betty McCollum	D	MN-4	No
Martin Sabo	D	MN-5	No
Mark Kennedy	R	MN-6	Aye
Collin Peterson	D	MN-7	No
James Oberstar	D	MN-8	No
Wm. Clay	D	MO-1	No
W. Akin	R	MO-2	Aye
Dick Gephardt	D	MO-3	No
Ike Skelton	D	MO-4	No
Karen McCarthy	D	MO-5	No
Sam Graves	R	MO-6	Aye
Roy Blunt	R	MO-7	Aye
Jo Ann Emerson	R	MO-8	Aye
Kenny Hulshof	R	MO-9	Aye
Roger Wicker	R	MS-1	Aye
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2	No
Chip Pickering	R	MS-3	Aye
Gene Taylor	D	MS-4	Aye
Denny Rehberg	R	MT-AL	Aye
Frank Ballance	D	NC-1	No
Cass Ballenger	R	NC-10	Aye
Charles Taylor	R	NC-11	Aye
Mel Watt	D	NC-12	No
Brad Miller	D	NC-13	No
Bob Etheridge	D	NC-2	No
Walter Jones	R	NC-3	Aye
David Price	D	NC-4	No
Richard Burr	R	NC-5	Aye
Howard Coble	R	NC-6	Aye
Mike McIntyre	D	NC-7	No
Robin Hayes	R	NC-8	Aye
Sue Myrick	R	NC-9	Aye
Earl Pomeroy	D	ND-AL	No
Doug Bereuter	R	NE-1	Aye
Lee Terry	R	NE-2	Aye
Tom Osborne	R	NE-3	Aye
Jeb Bradley	R	NH-1	Aye
Charlie Bass	R	NH-2	Aye
Rob Andrews	D	NJ-1	No
Donald Payne	D	NJ-10	No
Rodney Frelinghuysen	R	NJ-11	Aye
Rush Holt	D	NJ-12	No
Bob Menendez	D	NJ-13	No
Frank LoBiondo	R	NJ-2	Aye
Jim Saxton	R	NJ-3	Aye
Chris Smith	R	NJ-4	Aye
Scott Garrett	R	NJ-5	Aye
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6	No
Mike Ferguson	R	NJ-7	Aye
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ-8	No
Steven Rothman	D	NJ-9	No
Heather Wilson	R	NM-1	Aye
Steve Pearce	R	NM-2	Aye
Tom Udall	D	NM-3	No
Shelley Berkley	D	NV-1	No
Jim Gibbons	R	NV-2	Aye
Jon Porter	R	NV-3	Aye
Timothy Bishop	D	NY-1	No
Ed Towns	D	NY-10	No
Major Owens	D	NY-11	No
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-12	No
Vito Fossella	R	NY-13	Aye
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY-14	No
Charlie Rangel	D	NY-15	No
José Serrano	D	NY-16	No
Eliot Engel	D	NY-17	No
Nita Lowey	D	NY-18	No
Sue Kelly	R	NY-19	Aye
Steve Israel	D	NY-2	No
John Sweeney	R	NY-20	Aye
Michael McNulty	D	NY-21	Not Voting
Maurice Hinchey	D	NY-22	No
John McHugh	R	NY-23	Aye
Sherry Boehlert	R	NY-24	Aye
Jim Walsh	R	NY-25	Aye
Thomas Reynolds	R	NY-26	Aye
Jack Quinn	R	NY-27	Aye
Louise Slaughter	D	NY-28	No
Amo Houghton	R	NY-29	Aye
Pete King	R	NY-3	Aye
Carolyn McCarthy	D	NY-4	No
Gary Ackerman	D	NY-5	No
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-6	No
Joe Crowley	D	NY-7	No
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-8	No
Anthony Weiner	D	NY-9	No
Steve Chabot	R	OH-1	Aye
Dennis Kucinich	D	OH-10	No
Stephanie Jones	D	OH-11	No
Pat Tiberi	R	OH-12	Aye
Sherrod Brown	D	OH-13	No
Steven LaTourette	R	OH-14	Aye
Deborah Pryce	R	OH-15	Aye
Ralph Regula	R	OH-16	Aye
Tim Ryan	D	OH-17	No
Bob Ney	R	OH-18	Aye
Rob Portman	R	OH-2	Aye
Michael Turner	R	OH-3	Aye
Michael Oxley	R	OH-4	Aye
Paul Gillmor	R	OH-5	Aye
Ted Strickland	D	OH-6	No
Dave Hobson	R	OH-7	Aye
John Boehner	R	OH-8	Aye
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9	No
John Sullivan	R	OK-1	Aye
Brad Carson	D	OK-2	No
Frank Lucas	R	OK-3	Aye
Tom Cole	R	OK-4	Aye
Ernest Istook	R	OK-5	Aye
David Wu	D	OR-1	No
Greg Walden	R	OR-2	Aye
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3	No
Peter DeFazio	D	OR-4	No
Darlene Hooley	D	OR-5	No
Robert Brady	D	PA-1	No
Don Sherwood	R	PA-10	Aye
Paul Kanjorski	D	PA-11	No
John Murtha	D	PA-12	No
Joseph Hoeffel	D	PA-13	No
Michael Doyle	D	PA-14	No
Pat Toomey	R	PA-15	Aye
Joseph Pitts	R	PA-16	Aye
Tim Holden	D	PA-17	No
Tim Murphy	R	PA-18	Aye
Todd Platts	R	PA-19	Aye
Chaka Fattah	D	PA-2	No
Phil English	R	PA-3	Aye
Melissa Hart	R	PA-4	Aye
John Peterson	R	PA-5	Aye
Jim Gerlach	R	PA-6	Aye
Curt Weldon	R	PA-7	Aye
Jim Greenwood	R	PA-8	Aye
Bill Shuster	R	PA-9	Aye
Patrick Kennedy	D	RI-1	No
Jim Langevin	D	RI-2	No
Henry Brown	R	SC-1	Aye
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	Aye
J. Gresham Barrett	R	SC-3	Aye
Jim DeMint	R	SC-4	Not Voting
John Spratt	D	SC-5	No
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	No
Bill Jenkins	R	TN-1	Aye
Jimmy Duncan	R	TN-2	Aye
Zach Wamp	R	TN-3	Aye
Lincoln Davis	D	TN-4	No
Jim Cooper	D	TN-5	No
Bart Gordon	D	TN-6	No
Marsha Blackburn	R	TN-7	Aye
John Tanner	D	TN-8	No
Harold Ford	D	TN-9	No
Max Sandlin	D	TX-1	No
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-10	No
Chet Edwards	D	TX-11	No
Kay Granger	R	TX-12	Aye
Mac Thornberry	R	TX-13	Aye
Ron Paul	R	TX-14	Aye
Rubén Hinojosa	D	TX-15	No
Silvestre Reyes	D	TX-16	Not Voting
Charlie Stenholm	D	TX-17	No
Sheila Jackson Lee	D	TX-18	No
Randy Neugebauer	R	TX-19	Aye
Jim Turner	D	TX-2	No
Charlie Gonzalez	D	TX-20	No
Lamar Smith	R	TX-21	Aye
Tom DeLay	R	TX-22	Aye
Henry Bonilla	R	TX-23	Aye
Martin Frost	D	TX-24	No
Chris Bell	D	TX-25	No
Michael Burgess	R	TX-26	Aye
Solomon Ortiz	D	TX-27	No
Ciro Rodriguez	D	TX-28	No
Gene Green	D	TX-29	No
Sam Johnson	R	TX-3	Aye
Eddie Johnson	D	TX-30	No
John Carter	R	TX-31	Aye
Pete Sessions	R	TX-32	Aye
Ralph Hall	R	TX-4	Aye
Jeb Hensarling	R	TX-5	Aye
Joe Barton	R	TX-6	Aye
John Culberson	R	TX-7	Aye
Kevin Brady	R	TX-8	Aye
Nick Lampson	D	TX-9	No
Rob Bishop	R	UT-1	Aye
Jim Matheson	D	UT-2	No
Chris Cannon	R	UT-3	Aye
Jo Ann Davis	R	VA-1	Aye
Frank Wolf	R	VA-10	Aye
Tom Davis	R	VA-11	Aye
Ed Schrock	R	VA-2	Aye
Bobby Scott	D	VA-3	No
J. Forbes	R	VA-4	Aye
Virgil Goode	R	VA-5	Aye
Bob Goodlatte	R	VA-6	Aye
Eric Cantor	R	VA-7	Aye
Jim Moran	D	VA-8	No
Rick Boucher	D	VA-9	No
Bernie Sanders	I	VT-AL	No
Jay Inslee	D	WA-1	No
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	No
Brian Baird	D	WA-3	No
Doc Hastings	R	WA-4	Aye
George Nethercutt	R	WA-5	Aye
Norm Dicks	D	WA-6	No
Jim McDermott	D	WA-7	No
Jennifer Dunn	R	WA-8	Not Voting
Adam Smith	D	WA-9	No
Paul Ryan	R	WI-1	Aye
Tammy Baldwin	D	WI-2	No
Ron Kind	D	WI-3	No
Jerry Kleczka	D	WI-4	No
F. Sensenbrenner	R	WI-5	Aye
Tom Petri	R	WI-6	Aye
Dave Obey	D	WI-7	No
Mark Green	R	WI-8	Aye
Alan Mollohan	D	WV-1	No
Shelley Capito	R	WV-2	Aye
Nick Rahall	D	WV-3	No
Barbara Cubin	R	WY-AL	Aye

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4279) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for…

Votes to become law

Final vote · House · May 12, 2004