House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Employer Health Plan Flexibility Act
Official title: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to exempt certain employer-sponsored group health plans governed by ERISA from the Affordable Care Act's Essential Health Benefits requirements, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Rick Allen R-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 21, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 21, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9798.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ALLEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 119, July 21, 2026, Page H5023):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States ConsitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 21, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 63 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9798, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9798
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 29, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 29, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rick Allen.
- H.R. 2988 (119th) Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act
- H.R. 4626 (119th) Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act
- H.R. 4122 (119th) Health Care for Energy Workers Act of 2025
- H.R. 4214 (119th) Clean Air and Building Infrastructure Improvement Act
- H.R. 5169 (119th) Retire through Ownership Act
- H.R. 7895 (119th) PBM Kickback Prohibition Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.