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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3076 

To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act with respect 

to health insurance coverage for certain congressional staff and political 

appointees in the executive branch, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013 

Mr. DESANTIS (for himself, Mr. SANFORD, Mr. ROSS, Mr. LATTA, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. SALMON, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. 

YOHO, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. ROTHFUS, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, 

Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, and Mr. COTTON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on 

House Administration, Ways and Means, and 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 

with respect to health insurance coverage for certain 

congressional staff and political appointees in the executive branch, and for other purposes. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘James Madison Con3 gressional Accountability Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN 

5 CONGRESSIONAL STAFF AND MEMBERS OF 

6 THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. 

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

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

9 amended— 

10 (1) by striking the subparagraph heading and 

11 inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘(D) MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, CONGRES13 SIONAL STAFF, AND POLITICAL APPOINTEES IN

14 THE EXCHANGE.—’’; 

15 (2) in clause (i), in the matter preceding sub16 clause (I)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘and congressional staff 

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

19 President, the Vice President, and political ap20 pointees with’’; and 

21 (B) by striking ‘‘or congressional staff 

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

23 President, the Vice President, or a political ap24 pointee shall’’; 

25 (3) in clause (ii)— 


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

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

3 Congress, or of a leadership office of Con4 gress,’’; and 

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

6 ‘‘(III) POLITICAL APPOINTEE.— 

7 The term ‘political appointee’ means 

8 any individual who— 

9 ‘‘(aa) is employed in a posi10 tion described under sections 

11 5312 through 5316 of title 5, 

12 United States Code, (relating to 

13 the Executive Schedule); 

14 ‘‘(bb) is a limited term ap15 pointee, limited emergency ap16 pointee, or noncareer appointee 

17 in the Senior Executive Service, 

18 as defined under paragraphs (5), 

19 (6), and (7), respectively, of sec20 tion 3132(a) of title 5, United 

21 States Code; or 

22 ‘‘(cc) is employed in a posi23 tion in the executive branch of 

24 the Government of a confidential 

25 or policy-determining character 


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1 under schedule C of subpart C of 

2 part 213 of title 5 of the Code of 

3 Federal Regulations.’’; and 

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

5 ‘‘(iii) GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION.— 

6 No Government contribution under section 

7 8906 of title 5, United States Code, shall 

8 be provided on behalf of an individual who 

9 is a Member of Congress, a congressional 

10 staff member, the President, the Vice 

11 President, or a political appointee for cov12 erage under this paragraph. 

13 ‘‘(iv) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF TAX

14 CREDIT OR COST-SHARING.—An individual 

15 enrolling in health insurance coverage pur16 suant to this paragraph shall not be eligi17 ble to receive a tax credit under section 

18 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

19 or reduced cost sharing under section 1402 

20 of this Act in an amount that exceeds the 

21 total amount for which a similarly situated 

22 individual (who is not so enrolled) would be 

23 entitled to receive under such sections. 

24 ‘‘(v) LIMITATION ON DISCRETION FOR

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1 standing any other provision of law, a 

2 Member of Congress shall not have discre3 tion in determinations with respect to 

4 which employees employed by the office of 

5 such Member are eligible to enroll for cov6 erage through an Exchange.’’. 

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