[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 902 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 902

 To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to apply the 
provisions of the Act to certain Congressional staff and members of the 
                           executive branch.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 8, 2013

Mr. Vitter (for himself and Mr. Heller) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to apply the 
provisions of the Act to certain Congressional staff and members of the 
                           executive branch.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN CONGRESSIONAL STAFF 
              AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH.

    Section 1312(d)(3)(D) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
Act (42 U.S.C. 18032(d)(3)(D)) is amended--
            (1) by striking the subparagraph heading and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(D) Members of congress, congressional staff, and 
                political appointees in the exchange.--'';
            (2) in clause (i) in the matter preceding subclause (I)--
                    (A) by striking ``congressional staff with'' and 
                inserting ``congressional staff, the President, the 
                Vice President, and political appointees with''; and
                    (B) by striking ``congressional staff shall'' and 
                inserting ``congressional staff, the President, the 
                Vice President, or political appointee, shall''; and
            (3) in clause (ii)--
                    (A) in subclause (II), by inserting after 
                ``Congress,'' the following: ``of a committee of 
                Congress, and of a leadership office of Congress,''; 
                and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                                    ``(III) Political appointee.--In 
                                this subparagraph, the term `political 
                                appointee' means any individual who--
                                            ``(aa) is employed in a 
                                        position described under 
                                        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 title 5, United 
                                        States Code; 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.''.
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