[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1497 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1497
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
September 12, 2013
Mr. Vitter (for himself, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Heller, Mr. Lee, Mr. Johnson of
Wisconsin, and Mr. Inhofe) 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; 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.''; 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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