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[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3066 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3066

 To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to prohibit a 
government subsidy or contribution for the premiums of a health plan by 
 a Member of Congress or Members' staff or congressional leadership or 
                            committee staff.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 9, 2013

  Mr. Cotton 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

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                                 A BILL

 
 To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to prohibit a 
government subsidy or contribution for the premiums of a health plan by 
 a Member of Congress or Members' staff or congressional leadership or 
                            committee staff.

    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 Special Deal for D.C. Insiders 
Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. NO GOVERNMENTAL HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUM SUBSIDY OR 
              CONTRIBUTION FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND FOR 
              CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS' STAFF, LEADERSHIP STAFF, AND 
              COMMITTEE STAFF.

    Section 1312(d)(3)(D) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
Act (42 U.S.C. 18032(d)(3)(D)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (ii)(II), by inserting before the period at 
        the end the following: ``, and includes employees in a 
        leadership office of the House of Representatives or a 
        leadership office of the Senate (consisting of the offices of 
        the President pro Tempore, Majority and Minority Leaders, 
        Majority and Minority Whips, Conferences of the Majority and of 
        the Minority, and Majority and Minority Policy Committees of 
        the Senate) and employees of any committee of Congress'';
            (2) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iv); and
            (3) by inserting after clause (i) the following new 
        clauses:
                            ``(ii) No premium subsidy or contribution 
                        for members of congress.--Notwithstanding any 
                        other provision of law, no Federal funds shall 
                        be expended to pay or contribute to any portion 
                        of the premium for a health plan purchased by a 
                        Member of Congress pursuant to clause (i).
                            ``(iii) No premium subsidy or contribution 
                        for congressional staff.--Notwithstanding any 
                        other provision of law, no Federal funds shall 
                        be expended to pay or contribute to any portion 
                        of the premium for a health plan purchased by 
                        congressional staff.''.
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