[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3198 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3198

  To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to prohibit 
  government subsidies for the purchase of health plans by Members of 
Congress and congressional staff and 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

                           September 26, 2013

  Mr. Pearce 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 prohibit 
  government subsidies for the purchase of health plans by Members of 
Congress and congressional staff and 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 ``No Special Treatment for Congress 
Act''.

SEC. 2. NO HEALTH CARE SUBSIDIES FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND 
              CONGRESSIONAL STAFF; APPLICATION OF REQUIREMENTS TO 
              DELEGATES, RESIDENT COMMISSIONERS TO CONGRESS, COMMITTEE 
              STAFF, AND LEADERSHIP OFFICE STAFF.

    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 clauses:
                            ``(ii) No premium assistance for members of 
                        congress and congressional staff.--
                        Notwithstanding any other provision of law or 
                        any regulation or guidance promulgated by the 
                        Director of the Office of Personnel Management, 
                        no Federal funds shall be expended to pay any 
                        portion of the premium for a health plan 
                        purchased by a Member of Congress or 
                        congressional staff pursuant to clause (i).
                            ``(iii) Member of congress defined.--In 
                        this subparagraph, the term `Member of 
                        Congress' means any member of the House of 
                        Representatives or the Senate and includes a 
                        Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the 
                        Congress.
                            ``(iv) Congressional staff.--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)).''.
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