House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 20, 2017
- Committee actionMar 20, 2017
- Passed HouseMay 4, 2017 · 217–213
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 28, 2017 — Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 120.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1628.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act, incorporating manager's amendments 4, 5, 24, and 25” on March 23, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As posted on the website of the House Committee on Rules on March 22, 2017, incorporating manager’s amendments 4, 5, 24, and 25”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 23, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52516
- CBO publication date
- March 23, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1628, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1628
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
147c9b9b161568a0b93fe5332d30ae83c86e087db3a778da4b2da021c4379ed8
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act, incorporating manager's amendments 4, 5, 24, and 25” on March 23, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As posted on the website of the House Committee on Rules on March 22, 2017, incorporating manager's amendments 4, 5, 24, and 25”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 23, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52516
- CBO publication date
- March 23, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1628, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1628
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
147c9b9b161568a0b93fe5332d30ae83c86e087db3a778da4b2da021c4379ed8
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017” on May 24, 2017. CBO’s description reads “CBO and JCT estimate that enacting the American Health Care Act would reduce federal deficits by $119 billion over the coming decade and increase the number of people who are uninsured by 23 million in 2026 relative to current law”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 24, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52752
- CBO publication date
- May 24, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1628, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1628
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
147c9b9b161568a0b93fe5332d30ae83c86e087db3a778da4b2da021c4379ed8
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1628, Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017” on June 26, 2017. CBO’s description reads “CBO and JCT estimate that enacting the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 would reduce federal deficits by $321 billion over the coming decade and increase the number of people who are uninsured by 22 million in 2026 relative to current law”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 26, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52849
- CBO publication date
- June 26, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1628, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1628
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
147c9b9b161568a0b93fe5332d30ae83c86e087db3a778da4b2da021c4379ed8
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1628, Obamacare Repeal Reconciliation Act of 2017” on July 19, 2017. CBO’s description reads “CBO and JCT estimate that enacting this legislation would reduce federal deficits by $473 billion over the coming decade and increase the number of people who are uninsured by 32 million in 2026 relative to current law”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 19, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52939
- CBO publication date
- July 19, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1628, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1628
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
147c9b9b161568a0b93fe5332d30ae83c86e087db3a778da4b2da021c4379ed8
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1628, the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017: An Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute” on July 20, 2017. CBO’s description reads “CBO and JCT estimate that enacting this legislation would reduce federal deficits by $420 billion over the coming decade and increase the number of people who are uninsured by 22 million in 2026 relative to the number under current law”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 20, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52941
- CBO publication date
- July 20, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1628, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1628
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
147c9b9b161568a0b93fe5332d30ae83c86e087db3a778da4b2da021c4379ed8
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1628, Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017” on July 27, 2017. CBO’s description reads “Selected provisions of an amendment in the nature of a substitute (ERN17500), as requested by the Democratic staff of the Senate Committee on Finance and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 27, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52977
- CBO publication date
- July 27, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1628, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1628
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
147c9b9b161568a0b93fe5332d30ae83c86e087db3a778da4b2da021c4379ed8
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1628, the Healthcare Freedom Act of 2017, an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute [S.A. 667]” on July 28, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As posted on the Senate Budget Committee website on July 27, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 28, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52979
- CBO publication date
- July 28, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1628, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1628
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
147c9b9b161568a0b93fe5332d30ae83c86e087db3a778da4b2da021c4379ed8
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Preliminary Analysis of Legislation That Would Replace Subsidies for Health Care With Block Grants” on September 25, 2017. CBO’s description reads “Over the 2017-2026 period, CBO and JCT estimate, the legislation would reduce the on-budget deficit by at least $133 billion and result in millions fewer people with comprehensive health insurance that covers high-cost medical events”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 25, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53126
- CBO publication date
- September 25, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1628, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1628
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
147c9b9b161568a0b93fe5332d30ae83c86e087db3a778da4b2da021c4379ed8
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-52 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/52
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1628, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1628
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
147c9b9b161568a0b93fe5332d30ae83c86e087db3a778da4b2da021c4379ed8
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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
No cosponsors.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.