[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3785 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3785

 To provide for a reduction in the pay of the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services until the healthcare.gov Web site is certified as fully 
                              functional.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 16, 2013

  Mr. Yoho (for himself, Mr. Graves of Georgia, Mr. Bridenstine, Mr. 
  Grayson, Mr. Posey, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, Mr. Duncan of South 
 Carolina, and Mr. Wilson of South Carolina) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform, 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 provide for a reduction in the pay of the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services until the healthcare.gov Web site is certified as fully 
                              functional.

    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 ``Government Lacks Insight To Choose 
Health Act'' or the ``GLITCH Act''.

SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN PAY OF THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
              UNTIL HEALTHCARE.GOV WEB SITE IS FULLY FUNCTIONAL.

    (a) Pay Reduction.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, the rate of basic pay payable to the Secretary of Health 
        and Human Services shall be equal to--
                    (A) for each month ending during the pay reduction 
                period, the rate that would otherwise apply if this Act 
                had not been enacted, reduced by the applicable 
                percentage; and
                    (B) for each month ending after the pay reduction 
                period, the rate that would otherwise apply if this Act 
                had not been enacted.
            (2) Applicable percentage.--For purposes of paragraph (1), 
        the applicable percentage is--
                    (A) for the first month ending during the pay 
                reduction period, 5 percent; and
                    (B) for each subsequent month ending during the pay 
                reduction period--
                            (i) the applicable percentage for the 
                        previous month, plus
                            (ii) 5 percentage points,
                except that in no event shall the applicable percentage 
                for any month exceed 100 percent.
            (3) Pay reduction period defined.--For purposes of this 
        section, the term ``pay reduction period'' means the period 
        which--
                    (A) begins on the date of the first determination 
                under subsection (b) that the healthcare.gov Web site 
                is not fully functional; and
                    (B) ends on the date of the determination under 
                subsection (b) that the healthcare.gov Web site is 
                fully functional.
    (b) Certification Required That Healthcare.gov Web Site Is Fully 
Functional.--
            (1) Determinations.--Subject to paragraph (2), not later 
        than the 15th of the first month beginning after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act and of each subsequent month, the 
        Comptroller General of the United States shall determine, in 
        such manner and in accordance with such criteria as specified 
        by the Comptroller General if the healthcare.gov Web site is 
        fully functional and submit to the Congress such determination.
            (2) Certification.--Determinations under paragraph (1) 
        shall cease after the date on which the Comptroller General of 
        the United States certifies to the Congress that the 
        healthcare.gov Web site is fully functional.
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