,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #efj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #ad1 #bjac   
,mr4 ,lee introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill   
,to provide that the individual mandate 
under the ,patient ,protection and      
,affordable ,care ,act shall not be     
construed as a tax4  #a4 ,findings      
,congress finds that on ,june #bh1      
#bjab1 the ,supreme ,court ruled that   
the individual mandate imposed by       
section #aeja of the ,patient           
,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act  
7,public ,law #aaa-adh7 and amended by  
section #ajajf of such ,act and sections
 #ajjb and #ajjd of the ,health ,care   
and ,education ,reconciliation ,act of  
#bjaj 7,public ,law #aaa-aeb71 has      
certain functional characteristics of a 
tax and could be sustained as an        
exercise of ,congress's power to tax    
under article ,i1 section #h1 clause #a 
of the ,constitution4  #b4              

,classification of individual mandate as
 non-tax  7a7 ,in general ,section #aeja
 of the ,patient ,protection and        
,affordable ,care ,act 7,public ,law    
#aaa-adh7 is amended by adding at the   
end the following new subsection3  7e7  
,rule of construction ,nothing in the   
amendments made by this section shall be
 construed as imposing any tax or as an 
exercise of any power of ,congress      
enumerated in article ,i1 section #h1   
clause #a of1 or the #afth amendment to1
 the ,constitution4  4  7b7 ,effective  
date ,the amendment made by this section
 shall apply as if included in the      
enactment of section #aeja of the       
,patient ,protection and ,affordable    
,care ,act4