II Calendar No. 551 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 4653 To protect the healthcare of hundreds of millions of people of the United States and prevent efforts of the Department of Justice to advocate courts to strike down the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 Mr. SCHUMER introduced the following bill; which was read the first time SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 Read the second time and placed on the calendar A BILL To protect the healthcare of hundreds of millions of people of the United States and prevent efforts of the Depart- ment of Justice to advocate courts to strike down the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:20 Sep 23, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4653.PCS S4653 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 4653 PCS SECTION 1. PROHIBITING DOJ EFFORTS TO ADVOCATE 1 COURTS TO STRIKE DOWN PATIENT PROTEC- 2 TION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. 3 The Department of Justice may not in any case, in- 4 cluding in California v. Texas, No. 19–840 (U.S. cert. 5 granted Mar. 2, 2020), advocate that a court invalidate 6 any provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable 7 Care Act (Public Law 111–148; 124 Stat. 119) or any 8 amendment made by that Act. 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:20 Sep 23, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4653.PCS S4653 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:20 Sep 23, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4653.PCS S4653 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS Calendar No. 551 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 4653 A BILL To protect the healthcare of hundreds of millions of people of the United States and prevent efforts of the Department of Justice to advocate courts to strike down the Patient Protection and Afford- able Care Act. SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 Read the second time and placed on the calendar VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:20 Sep 23, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\S4653.PCS S4653 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS