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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2010 

To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to apply to Delegates and Resident Commissioners to the Congress, and to employees 

of committees and leadership offices of Congress, the requirement of 

such Act that the only health plans that the Federal Government may 

make available to Members of Congress and congressional staff are 

plans created or offered through an Exchange established under such 

Act. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 16, 2013 

Mr. BARR (for himself, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. 

WENSTRUP, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. 

HUIZENGA of Michigan, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. COTTON, Mr. POSEY, and Mr. STUTZMAN) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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 

A BILL 

To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 

to apply to Delegates and Resident Commissioners to 

the Congress, and to employees of committees and leadership offices of Congress, the requirement of such Act 

that the only health plans that the Federal Government 

may make available to Members of Congress and congressional staff are plans created or offered through an 

Exchange established under such Act. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Live by the Laws You 

5 Write Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF DELEGATES, COMMITTEE STAFF, 

7 AND LEADERSHIP OFFICE STAFF UNDER PA8 TIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE 

9 ACT. 

10 (a) APPLICATION OF SAME REQUIREMENTS APPLI11 CABLE TO MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES OF MEMBER OF12 FICES.—Section 1312(d)(3)(D) of the Patient Protection 

13 and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18032(d)(3)(D)) is 

14 amended by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following: 

15 ‘‘(ii) TREATMENT OF DELEGATES AND

16 RESIDENT COMMISSIONER.—In this sub17 paragraph, the term ‘Member of Congress’ 

18 includes a Delegate or Resident Commis19 sioner to the Congress. 

20 ‘‘(iii) CONGRESSIONAL STAFF DE21 FINED.—In this subparagraph, the term 

22 ‘Congressional staff’ means a full-time or 

23 part-time employee of any of the following 

24 offices: 


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1 ‘‘(I) The office of any Member of 

2 Congress. 

3 ‘‘(II) The office of any standing, 

4 select, or joint committee of Congress. 

5 ‘‘(III) An office of the House of 

6 Representatives for which the appro7 priation for salaries and expenses of 

8 the office for the year involved is pro9 vided under the heading ‘House Lead10 ership Offices’ in the Act making ap11 propriations for the Legislative 

12 Branch for the fiscal year involved (in 

13 addition to any office of a Member of 

14 Congress referred to in subclause (I)). 

15 ‘‘(IV) The offices of the Presi16 dent pro tempore, Majority and Mi17 nority Leaders, Majority and Minority 

18 Whips, Conferences of the Majority 

19 and of the Minority, and Majority and 

20 Minority Policy Committees of the 

21 Senate (in addition to any office of a 

22 Member of Congress referred to in 

23 subclause (I)).’’. 

24 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

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1 ment of subtitle D of title I of the Patient Protection and 

2 Affordable Care Act. 

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