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2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2667 |
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5 | 5 | | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow distributions from |
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6 | 6 | | a health flexible spending arrangement or health reimbursement arrange- |
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7 | 7 | | ment directly to a health savings account in connection with establishing |
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8 | 8 | | coverage under a high deductible health plan. |
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9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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10 | 10 | | APRIL7, 2025 |
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11 | 11 | | Mr. B |
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12 | 12 | | EANof Florida (for himself, Mr. PANETTA, and Mr. CRENSHAW) intro- |
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13 | 13 | | duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways |
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14 | 14 | | and Means |
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15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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16 | 16 | | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow dis- |
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17 | 17 | | tributions from a health flexible spending arrangement |
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18 | 18 | | or health reimbursement arrangement directly to a health |
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19 | 19 | | savings account in connection with establishing coverage |
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20 | 20 | | under a high deductible health plan. |
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21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Flexible Savings Ar-4 |
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25 | 25 | | rangements for a Healthy Robust America Act’’. 5 |
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28 | 28 | | •HR 2667 IH |
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29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. FSA AND HRA TERMINATIONS OR CONVERSIONS TO 1 |
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30 | 30 | | FUND HSAs. 2 |
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31 | 31 | | (a) I |
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32 | 32 | | NGENERAL.—Section 106(e)(2) of the Internal 3 |
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33 | 33 | | Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: 4 |
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34 | 34 | | ‘‘(2) Q |
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35 | 35 | | UALIFIED HSA DISTRIBUTION .—For pur-5 |
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36 | 36 | | poses of this subsection— 6 |
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37 | 37 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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38 | 38 | | N GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified 7 |
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39 | 39 | | HSA distribution’ means, with respect to any 8 |
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40 | 40 | | employee, a distribution from a health flexible 9 |
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41 | 41 | | spending arrangement or health reimbursement 10 |
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42 | 42 | | arrangement of such employee directly to a 11 |
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43 | 43 | | health savings account of such employee if— 12 |
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44 | 44 | | ‘‘(i) such distribution is made in con-13 |
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45 | 45 | | nection with such employee establishing 14 |
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46 | 46 | | coverage under a high deductible health 15 |
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47 | 47 | | plan (as defined in section 223(c)(2)) after 16 |
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48 | 48 | | a significant period of not having such cov-17 |
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49 | 49 | | erage, and 18 |
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50 | 50 | | ‘‘(ii) such arrangement is described in 19 |
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51 | 51 | | section 223(c)(1)(B)(iii) with respect to 20 |
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52 | 52 | | the portion of the plan year after such dis-21 |
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53 | 53 | | tribution is made. 22 |
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54 | 54 | | ‘‘(B) D |
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55 | 55 | | OLLAR LIMITATION.—The aggre-23 |
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56 | 56 | | gate amount of distributions from health flexi-24 |
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57 | 57 | | ble spending arrangements and health reim-25 |
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58 | 58 | | bursement arrangements of any employee which 26 |
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61 | 61 | | •HR 2667 IH |
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62 | 62 | | may be treated as qualified HSA distributions 1 |
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63 | 63 | | in connection with an establishment of coverage 2 |
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64 | 64 | | described in subparagraph (A)(i) shall not ex-3 |
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65 | 65 | | ceed the dollar amount in effect under section 4 |
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66 | 66 | | 125(i)(1) (twice such amount in the case of cov-5 |
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67 | 67 | | erage which is described in section 6 |
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68 | 68 | | 223(b)(2)(B)).’’. 7 |
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69 | 69 | | (b) P |
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70 | 70 | | ARTIALREDUCTION OF LIMITATION ONDE-8 |
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71 | 71 | | DUCTIBLEHSA CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section 223(b)(4) of 9 |
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72 | 72 | | such Code is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 10 |
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73 | 73 | | subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end of 11 |
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74 | 74 | | subparagraph (C) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by inserting 12 |
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75 | 75 | | after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph: 13 |
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76 | 76 | | ‘‘(D) so much of any qualified HSA dis-14 |
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77 | 77 | | tribution (as defined in section 106(e)(2)) made 15 |
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78 | 78 | | to a health savings account of such individual 16 |
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79 | 79 | | during the taxable year as does not exceed the 17 |
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80 | 80 | | aggregate increases in the balance of the ar-18 |
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81 | 81 | | rangement from which such distribution is 19 |
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82 | 82 | | made which occur during the portion of the 20 |
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83 | 83 | | plan year which precedes such distribution 21 |
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84 | 84 | | (other than any balance carried over to such 22 |
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85 | 85 | | plan year and determined without regard to any 23 |
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86 | 86 | | decrease in such balance during such portion of 24 |
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87 | 87 | | the plan year).’’. 25 |
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91 | 91 | | (c) CONVERSION TO HSA-COMPATIBLEARRANGE-1 |
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92 | 92 | | MENT FOR REMAINDER OF PLANYEAR.—Section 2 |
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93 | 93 | | 223(c)(1)(B)(iii) of such Code is amended to read as fol-3 |
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94 | 94 | | lows: 4 |
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95 | 95 | | ‘‘(iii) coverage under a health flexible 5 |
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96 | 96 | | spending arrangement or health reimburse-6 |
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97 | 97 | | ment arrangement for the portion of the 7 |
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98 | 98 | | plan year after a qualified HSA distribu-8 |
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99 | 99 | | tion (as defined in section 106(e)(2) deter-9 |
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100 | 100 | | mined without regard to subparagraph 10 |
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101 | 101 | | (A)(ii) thereof) is made, if the terms of 11 |
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102 | 102 | | such arrangement which apply for such 12 |
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103 | 103 | | portion of the plan year are such that, if 13 |
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104 | 104 | | such terms applied for the entire plan 14 |
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105 | 105 | | year, then such arrangement would not be 15 |
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106 | 106 | | taken into account under subparagraph 16 |
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107 | 107 | | (A)(ii) of this paragraph for such plan 17 |
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108 | 108 | | year.’’. 18 |
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109 | 109 | | (d) I |
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110 | 110 | | NCLUSION OFQUALIFIEDHSA DISTRIBUTIONS 19 |
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111 | 111 | | ONW–2.— 20 |
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112 | 112 | | (1) I |
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113 | 113 | | N GENERAL.—Section 6051(a) of such 21 |
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114 | 114 | | Code is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 22 |
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115 | 115 | | paragraph (16), by striking the period at the end of 23 |
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116 | 116 | | paragraph (17) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by insert-24 |
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119 | 119 | | •HR 2667 IH |
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120 | 120 | | ing after paragraph (17) the following new para-1 |
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121 | 121 | | graph: 2 |
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122 | 122 | | ‘‘(18) the amount of any qualified HSA dis-3 |
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123 | 123 | | tribution (as defined in section 106(e)(2)) with re-4 |
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124 | 124 | | spect to such employee.’’. 5 |
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125 | 125 | | (2) C |
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126 | 126 | | ONFORMING AMENDMENT .—Section 6 |
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127 | 127 | | 6051(a)(12) of such Code is amended by inserting 7 |
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128 | 128 | | ‘‘(other than any qualified HSA distribution, as de-8 |
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129 | 129 | | fined in section 106(e)(2))’’ before the comma at the 9 |
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130 | 130 | | end. 10 |
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131 | 131 | | (e) E |
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132 | 132 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 11 |
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133 | 133 | | this section shall apply to distributions made after Decem-12 |
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134 | 134 | | ber 31, 2025, in taxable years ending after such date. 13 |
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