,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #igc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,march #e1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,sensenbrenner 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,chabot1 ,mr4 ,palazzo1 ,mr4 ,harper1   
,mr4 ,bachus1 ,mr4 ,king of ,iowa1 ,mr4 
,tiberi1 ,mr4 ,boustany1 ,mr4 ,johnson  
of ,ohio1 ,mr4 ,mulvaney1 ,mr4 ,huizenga
 of ,michigan1 ,mr4 ,ribble1 ,mr4       
,duncan of ,tennessee1 ,mr4 ,carter1    
,mr4 ,nugent1 ,mr4 ,conaway1 ,mr4       
,petri1 ,mr4 ,amodei1 ,mr4 ,lankford1   
,mr4 ,bilirakis1 ,mr4 ,westmoreland1    
,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 ,mrs4 ,black1 ,mr4   
,marino1 ,mr4 ,gingrey of ,georgia1 ,mr4
 ,miller of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,jordan1 ,mr4
 ,walberg1 ,mr4 ,barletta1 ,mr4 ,forbes1
 and ,mr4 ,duffy7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1
 and in addition to the ,committees on  
,ways and ,means and ,education and the 
,workforce1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to exempt employers from any
 excise tax and certain suits and       
penalties in the case of a failure of a 
group health plan to provide coverage to
 which an employer objects on the basis 
of religious belief or moral conviction4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,religious ,freedom ,tax   
,repeal ,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,group      
health plan requirement excise tax      
exception for religious or moral        
opposition to coverage ,section #dihj;,d
 of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of     
#aihf is amended by redesignating       
subsection 7f7 as subsection 7g7 and by 
inserting after subsection 7e7 the      
following new subsection3  7f7          
,exception for religious or moral       
opposition to certain coverage ,no tax  
shall be imposed on a failure of a group
 health plan to meet the requirements of
 section #bgac7;a77#d7 of the ,public   
,health ,service ,act1 as such section  

applies by operation of section #ihae1  
in the case of any failure to provide   
coverage to which an employer with      
respect to such plan is opposed by      
reason of adherence to a religious      
belief or moral conviction4  4  #c4 ,no 
authority under ,,erisa to enforce      
requirement for group health plans to   
provide coverage to which an employer   
objects on religious or moral grounds   
,section #ejb7;b7 of the ,employee      
,retirement ,income ,security ,act of   
#aigd 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #aacb7;b77 is      
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7#d7 ,the ,secretary may not
 bring an action to enforce any         
requirement to provide coverage under   
section #bgac7;a77#d7 of the ,public    
,health ,service ,act1 as such section  
applies by operation of section #gae7;a7
 of this title1 against a plan if an    
employer with respect to such plan is   
opposed to such coverage by reason of   
adherence to a religious belief or moral
 conviction4  4  #d4 ,no penalties under

 the ,public ,health ,service ,act for  
group health plans not providing        
coverage to which an employer objects on
 religious or moral grounds ,section    
#bgac of the ,public ,health ,service   
,act is amended by adding at the end the
 following new subsection3  7d7         
,exception for religious or moral       
opposition to certain coverage ,the     
provisions of subsections 7a77#b7 and   
7b7 of section #bgbc shall not apply    
with respect to any failure of a group  
health plan of an employer or group     
health insurance coverage offered in    
connection with such a plan to meet any 
requirement under subsection 7a77#d7    
insofar as such requirement relates to  
providing coverage to which an employer 
is opposed on the basis of religious    
belief or moral conviction4  4