[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1154 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1154

  To provide that certain requirements of the Patient Protection and 
    Affordable Care Act do not apply if the American Health Benefit 
            Exchanges are not operating on October 1, 2013.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 12, 2013

 Mr. Roberts (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Barrasso, and Mr. Cochran) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                          Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide that certain requirements of the Patient Protection and 
    Affordable Care Act do not apply if the American Health Benefit 
            Exchanges are not operating on October 1, 2013.

    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 ``Exchange Sunset Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. NONAPPLICATION OF THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE 
              ACT.

    (a) Termination of Exchange Requirement.--Section 1312 of the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18031) is amended 
by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) Failure To Offer Coverage.--If one or more Exchanges fails to 
accept applications for enrollment in qualified health plans beginning 
on October 1, 2013, the requirements of this section shall cease to 
apply, and any other provisions of this Act (or an amendment made by 
this Act) relating to Exchanges shall not be applicable.''.
    (b) Requirement of Coverage.--Section 5000A of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Termination.--The provisions of this section shall terminate 
on October 1, 2013 if the Secretary of the Treasury determines that one 
or more Exchanges fails to accept applications for enrollment in 
qualified health plans on such date.''.
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