House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the disposition of unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, 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 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.
Sponsor: Rep. Jim McCrery R-LAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 5, 2004
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseMay 12, 2004 · 273–152
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 21, 2004 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 539.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4279.
- Congress.gov notePursuant to H.Res. 638, the text of H.R. 4280 and H.R. 4281 was appended to H.R. 4279, as passed House.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4279, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4279
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
16 cosponsors — 16 Republicans
0 of 16 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Judy Biggert (R-IL), John Boehner (R-OH), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Eric Cantor (R-VA), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Philip Crane (R-IL), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Kenny Hulshof (R-MO), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), Scott McInnis (R-CO), Candice Miller (R-MI), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Ron Paul (R-TX), Jim Ramstad (R-MN), Ed Royce (R-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jim McCrery.
- H.R. 1531 (108th) Energy Tax Policy Act of 2003
- H.R. 1890 (108th) Real Estate Investment Trust Improvement Act of 2003
- H.R. 2706 (108th) To clarify the treatment of tax attributes under section 108 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for taxpayers which file consolidated…
- H.R. 3363 (108th) Medicaid Psychiatric Hospital Fairness Act of 2003
- H.R. 4871 (108th) Puerto Rico Hospitals Medicare DSH Equity Act of 2004
- H.R. 2190 (108th) United States Maritime Industry Promotion Act of 2003
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.