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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3198 

To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to prohibit government subsidies for the purchase of health plans by Members of Congress 

and congressional staff and 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 

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013 

Mr. PEARCE 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 prohibit government subsidies for the purchase of 

health plans by Members of Congress and congressional 

staff and 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 ‘‘No Special Treatment 

5 for Congress Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NO HEALTH CARE SUBSIDIES FOR MEMBERS OF 

7 CONGRESS AND CONGRESSIONAL STAFF; AP8 PLICATION OF REQUIREMENTS TO DELE9 GATES, RESIDENT COMMISSIONERS TO CON10 GRESS, COMMITTEE STAFF, AND LEADERSHIP 

11 OFFICE STAFF. 

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

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

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

15 clauses: 

16 ‘‘(ii) NO PREMIUM ASSISTANCE FOR

17 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND CONGRES18 SIONAL STAFF.—Notwithstanding any 

19 other provision of law or any regulation or 

20 guidance promulgated by the Director of 

21 the Office of Personnel Management, no 

22 Federal funds shall be expended to pay 

23 any portion of the premium for a health 

24 plan purchased by a Member of Congress 


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1 or congressional staff pursuant to clause 

2 (i). 

3 ‘‘(iii) MEMBER OF CONGRESS DE4 FINED.—In this subparagraph, the term 

5 ‘Member of Congress’ means any member 

6 of the House of Representatives or the 

7 Senate and includes a Delegate or Resi8 dent Commissioner to the Congress. 

9 ‘‘(iv) CONGRESSIONAL STAFF.—In 

10 this subparagraph, the term ‘Congressional 

11 staff’ means a full-time or part-time em12 ployee of any of the following offices: 

13 ‘‘(I) The office of any Member of 

14 Congress. 

15 ‘‘(II) The office of any standing, 

16 select, or joint committee of Congress. 

17 ‘‘(III) An office of the House of 

18 Representatives for which the appro19 priation for salaries and expenses of 

20 the office for the year involved is pro21 vided under the heading ‘House Lead22 ership Offices’ in the act making ap23 propriations for the Legislative 

24 Branch for the fiscal year involved (in 


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1 addition to any office of a Member of 

2 Congress referred to in subclause (I)). 

3 ‘‘(IV) The offices of the Presi4 dent pro Tempore, Majority and Mi5 nority Leaders, Majority and Minority 

6 Whips, Conferences of the Majority 

7 and of the Minority, and Majority and 

8 Minority Policy Committees of the 

9 Senate (in addition to any office of a 

10 Member of Congress referred to in 

11 subclause (I)).’’. 

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