[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 16 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 16

 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

                            January 6, 2015

 Mr. Vitter (for himself and Mr. Cruz) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Exemption for Washington from 
Obamacare Act''.

SEC. 2. 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 ``and congressional staff with'' 
                and inserting ``, congressional staff, the President, 
                the Vice President, and political appointees with''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``or congressional staff shall'' 
                and inserting ``, congressional staff, the President, 
                the Vice President, or a political appointee shall'';
            (3) in clause (ii)--
                    (A) in subclause (II), by inserting after 
                ``Congress,'' the following: ``of a committee of 
                Congress, or 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;
                                            ``(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; or
                                            ``(dd) is employed in or 
                                        under the Executive Office of 
                                        the President in a position 
                                        that is excluded from the 
                                        competitive service by reason 
                                        of its confidential, policy-
                                        determining, policy-making, or 
                                        policy-advocating character.''; 
                                        and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) Government contribution.--No 
                        Government contribution under section 8906 of 
                        title 5, United States Code, shall be provided 
                        on behalf of an individual who is a Member of 
                        Congress, a congressional staff member, the 
                        President, the Vice President, or a political 
                        appointee for coverage under this paragraph.
                            ``(iv) Limitation on amount of tax credit 
                        or cost-sharing.--An individual enrolling in 
                        health insurance coverage pursuant to this 
                        paragraph shall not be eligible to receive a 
                        tax credit under section 36B of the Internal 
                        Revenue Code of 1986 or reduced cost-sharing 
                        under section 1402 of this Act in an amount 
                        that exceeds the total amount for which a 
                        similarly situated individual (who is not so 
                        enrolled) would be entitled to receive under 
                        such sections.
                            ``(v) Limitation on discretion for 
                        designation of staff.--Notwithstanding any 
                        other provision of law, a Member of Congress 
                        shall not have discretion in determinations 
                        with respect to which employees employed by the 
                        office of such Member are eligible to enroll 
                        for coverage through an Exchange.''.
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