United States · Bill · S
S. 2045 (114th)
Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015
Introduced
17 September 2015
Last action
17 September 2015 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR 6/9/2016 S3723)
Sponsors
Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV], Martin Heinrich, Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT], John Barrasso, Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO], Mike Crapo, Rep. Roberts, Pat [R-KS-1], Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC], Tim Scott, Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH], Lisa Murkowski, Rep. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK-1], John Boozman, Susan Collins, James Lankford, Dan Sullivan, Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH], Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ], Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL], Tom Cotton, Roger Wicker, Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA], Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Subjects
Healthcare, Taxation
Source updated
12 August 2025
Summary
Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal, beginning with taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, the excise tax on employer-sponsored health care coverage for which there is an excess benefit (high-cost plans).
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Timeline
17 September 2015
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR 6/9/2016 S3723)
Source: IntroReferral
17 September 2015
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 17 September 2015 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 17 September 2015
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 17 September 2015
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 17 September 2015
Sponsors
- Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] · R · Sponsor
- Martin Heinrich · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
- John Barrasso · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] · R · Sponsor
- Mike Crapo · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Roberts, Pat [R-KS-1] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] · R · Sponsor
- Tim Scott · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] · R · Sponsor
- Lisa Murkowski · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK-1] · R · Sponsor
- John Boozman · R · Sponsor
- Susan Collins · R · Sponsor
- James Lankford · R · Sponsor
- Dan Sullivan · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] · R · Cosponsor
- Tom Cotton · R · Cosponsor
- Roger Wicker · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] · R · Cosponsor
- · ssfi00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015
- related to → Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017
- related to → Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017
- related to ← American Worker Health Care Tax Relief Act of 2015
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2045
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/2045
- us · 114-s-2045 · source updated 12 August 2025