Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 210, I call up the bill (H.R. 1101) to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to improve access and choice for entrepreneurs with small businesses with respect to medical care for their employees, and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 210, in lieu of the amendment recommended by the Committee on Education and the Workforce printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 115-9 is adopted and the bill, as amended, is considered read. The text of the bill, as amended, is as follows: H.R. 1101 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2017''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Rules governing association health plans. Sec. 3. Clarification of treatment of single employer arrangements. Sec. 4. Enforcement provisions relating to association health plans. Sec. 5. Cooperation between Federal and State authorities. Sec. 6. Effective date and transitional and other rules. SEC. 2. RULES GOVERNING ASSOCIATION HEALTH PLANS.…
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