[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2894 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2894

  To discontinue eligibility of former Members of Congress and their 
  dependents for coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefit 
 Program (FEHBP) if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is 
                               repealed.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 2013

  Mr. Ribble introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Oversight and Government Reform, 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 discontinue eligibility of former Members of Congress and their 
  dependents for coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefit 
 Program (FEHBP) if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is 
                               repealed.

    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 ``No Health Care for Life for Congress 
Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. DISCONTINUING ELIGIBILITY OF FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND 
              THEIR DEPENDENTS FOR COVERAGE UNDER FEHBP IF PPACA IS 
              REPEALED.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148) is 
repealed, as of the first day of the first month beginning 30 days 
after the date of enactment of such repeal, any individual who is a 
former Member of Congress shall not be eligible to enroll or continue 
coverage for the former Member or the former Member's dependents in a 
health benefits plan under the Federal Employees Health Benefits 
Program under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code.
    (b) Limitation.--Subsection (a) only applies to coverage derived by 
virtue of service as a former Member of Congress and does not apply to 
coverage under section 8905a of title 5, United States Code.
    (c) Former Member Defined.--In this section, the term ``former 
Member of Congress'' means an individual who--
            (1) who was a member of the Senate or House of 
        Representatives, a Delegate to the House of Representatives, or 
        the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico; and
            (2) who qualifies for coverage under chapter 89 of title 5, 
        United States Code, as an annuitant under section 8901(3)(A) of 
        such title immediately after retirement as such a member, 
        Delegate, or Resident Commissioner.
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