[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3562 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3562

     To clarify the application of all laws, including the Patient 
   Protection and Affordable Care Act, to the Federal Government and 
                   Congress, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 20, 2013

 Mr. Kingston introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
   Committees on Energy and Commerce and House Administration, 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 clarify the application of all laws, including the Patient 
   Protection and Affordable Care Act, to the Federal Government and 
                   Congress, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Fairness in Obamacare Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF GENERAL LAWS TO EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND CONGRESS.

    Congress and the Executive Branch are expressly and equally bound 
by any Federal law which is intended to be broadly enforced upon the 
American people.

SEC. 3. MOVING THE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, AND APPOINTED FEDERAL 
              WORKERS INTO EXCHANGE PLANS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1312(d)(3)(D) of the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18032(d)(3)(D)) is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by inserting ``and the president, vice 
        president, and appointed federal workers'' after ``Members of 
        congress'';
            (2) in clause (i)--
                    (A) by striking ``and congressional staff'' and 
                inserting ``, congressional staff, and the President, 
                the Vice-President, and appointed Federal workers''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``or congressional staff'' and 
                inserting ``, staff member, President, Vice President, 
                or appointed Federal worker''; and
            (3) by adding at the end of clause (ii) the following new 
        subclause:
                                    ``(III) Appointed federal worker.--
                                The term `appointed Federal worker' 
                                means any individual who--
                                            ``(aa) is employed in a 
                                        position listed in sections 
                                        5312 through 5316 of title 5, 
                                        United States Code (relating to 
                                        the Executive Schedule);
                                            ``(bb) is a limited term 
                                        appointee, limited emergency 
                                        appointee, or noncareer 
                                        appointee in the Senior 
                                        Executive Service, as defined 
                                        under paragraphs (5), (6), and 
                                        (7), respectively, of section 
                                        3132(a) of such title; or
                                            ``(cc) is employed in a 
                                        position in the executive 
                                        branch of the Government of a 
                                        confidential or policy-
                                        determining character under 
                                        schedule C of subpart C of part 
                                        213 of title 5 of the Code of 
                                        Federal Regulations.''.
    (b) Maintaining Current FEHBP Coverage of Annuitants.--Nothing in 
the amendments made by subsection (a) shall be construed as affecting 
the continued coverage of annuitants under health benefits plans under 
chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, as in effect as of the date 
of the enactment of this Act.
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