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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. 

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 

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. 

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 ‘‘No Exemption for 

5 Washington from Obamacare Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN 

2 CONGRESSIONAL STAFF AND MEMBERS OF 

3 THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. 

4 Section 1312(d)(3)(D) of the Patient Protection and 

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

6 amended— 

7 (1) by striking the subparagraph heading and 

8 inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(D) MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, CONGRES10 SIONAL STAFF, AND POLITICAL APPOINTEES IN

11 THE EXCHANGE.—’’; 

12 (2) in clause (i), in the matter preceding sub13 clause (I)— 

14 (A) by striking ‘‘and congressional staff 

15 with’’ and inserting ‘‘, congressional staff, the 

16 President, the Vice President, and political ap17 pointees with’’; and 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘or congressional staff 

19 shall’’ and inserting ‘‘, congressional staff, the 

20 President, the Vice President, or a political ap21 pointee shall’’; 

22 (3) in clause (ii)— 

23 (A) in subclause (II), by inserting after 

24 ‘‘Congress,’’ the following: ‘‘of a committee of 

25 Congress, or of a leadership office of Con26 gress,’’; and 


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1 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(III) POLITICAL APPOINTEE.— 

3 In this subparagraph, the term ‘polit4 ical appointee’ means any individual 

5 who— 

6 ‘‘(aa) is employed in a posi7 tion described under sections 

8 5312 through 5316 of title 5, 

9 United States Code, (relating to 

10 the Executive Schedule); 

11 ‘‘(bb) is a limited term ap12 pointee, limited emergency ap13 pointee, or noncareer appointee 

14 in the Senior Executive Service, 

15 as defined under paragraphs (5), 

16 (6), and (7), respectively, of sec17 tion 3132(a) of title 5, United 

18 States Code; or 

19 ‘‘(cc) is employed in a posi20 tion in the executive branch of 

21 the Government of a confidential 

22 or policy-determining character 

23 under schedule C of subpart C of 

24 part 213 of title 5 of the Code of 

25 Federal Regulations.’’; and 


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1 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(iii) GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION.— 

3 No Government contribution under section 

4 8906 of title 5, United States Code, shall 

5 be provided on behalf of an individual who 

6 is a Member of Congress, a congressional 

7 staff member, the President, the Vice 

8 President, or a political appointee for cov9 erage under this paragraph. 

10 ‘‘(iv) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF TAX

11 CREDIT OR COST-SHARING.—An individual 

12 enrolling in health insurance coverage pur13 suant to this paragraph shall not be eligi14 ble to receive a tax credit under section 

15 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

16 or reduced cost sharing under section 1402 

17 of this Act in an amount that exceeds the 

18 total amount for which a similarly situated 

19 individual (who is not so enrolled) would be 

20 entitled to receive under such sections. 

21 ‘‘(v) LIMITATION ON DISCRETION FOR

22 DESIGNATION OF STAFF.—Notwithstand23 ing any other provision of law, a Member 

24 of Congress shall not have discretion in de25 terminations with respect to which employVerDate Mar 15 2010 00:57 Sep 14, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1497.IS S1497

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1 ees employed by the office of such Member 

2 are eligible to enroll for coverage through 

3 an Exchange.’’. 

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