[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2010 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2010

  To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to apply to 
Delegates and Resident Commissioners to the Congress, and to employees 
 of committees and leadership offices of Congress, the requirement of 
  such Act that the only health plans that the Federal Government may 
make available to Members of Congress and congressional staff are plans 
   created or offered through an Exchange established under such Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 16, 2013

 Mr. Barr (for himself, Mr. Fleming, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. 
Wenstrup, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Huizenga 
 of Michigan, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Posey, and 
Mr. Stutzman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to apply to 
Delegates and Resident Commissioners to the Congress, and to employees 
 of committees and leadership offices of Congress, the requirement of 
  such Act that the only health plans that the Federal Government may 
make available to Members of Congress and congressional staff are plans 
   created or offered through an Exchange established under such Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Live by the Laws You Write Act''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF DELEGATES, COMMITTEE STAFF, AND LEADERSHIP OFFICE 
              STAFF UNDER PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.

    (a) Application of Same Requirements Applicable to Members and 
Employees of Member Offices.--Section 1312(d)(3)(D) of the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18032(d)(3)(D)) is 
amended by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following:
                            ``(ii) Treatment of delegates and resident 
                        commissioner.--In this subparagraph, the term 
                        `Member of Congress' includes a Delegate or 
                        Resident Commissioner to the Congress.
                            ``(iii) Congressional staff defined.--In 
                        this subparagraph, the term `Congressional 
                        staff' means a full-time or part-time employee 
                        of any of the following offices:
                                    ``(I) The office of any Member of 
                                Congress.
                                    ``(II) The office of any standing, 
                                select, or joint committee of Congress.
                                    ``(III) An office of the House of 
                                Representatives for which the 
                                appropriation for salaries and expenses 
                                of the office for the year involved is 
                                provided under the heading `House 
                                Leadership Offices' in the Act making 
                                appropriations for the Legislative 
                                Branch for the fiscal year involved (in 
                                addition to any office of a Member of 
                                Congress referred to in subclause (I)).
                                    ``(IV) The offices of the President 
                                pro tempore, Majority and Minority 
                                Leaders, Majority and Minority Whips, 
                                Conferences of the Majority and of the 
                                Minority, and Majority and Minority 
                                Policy Committees of the Senate (in 
                                addition to any office of a Member of 
                                Congress referred to in subclause 
                                (I)).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of subtitle D of title I of 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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