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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3562 

To clarify the application of all laws, including the Patient Protection and 

Affordable Care Act, to the Federal Government and Congress, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 20, 2013 

Mr. KINGSTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 

Committees on Energy and Commerce and House Administration, 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 clarify the application of all laws, including the Patient 

Protection and Affordable Care Act, to the Federal Government and Congress, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fairness in Obamacare 

5 Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF GENERAL LAWS TO EXECUTIVE 

2 BRANCH AND CONGRESS. 

3 Congress and the Executive Branch are expressly and 

4 equally bound by any Federal law which is intended to 

5 be broadly enforced upon the American people. 

6 SEC. 3. MOVING THE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, AND 

7 APPOINTED FEDERAL WORKERS INTO EX8 CHANGE PLANS. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1312(d)(3)(D) of the Pa10 tient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 

11 18032(d)(3)(D)) is amended— 

12 (1) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘AND THE

13 PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, AND APPOINTED FED14 ERAL WORKERS’’ after ‘‘MEMBERS OF CONGRESS’’; 

15 (2) in clause (i)— 

16 (A) by striking ‘‘and congressional staff’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘, congressional staff, and the 

18 President, the Vice-President, and appointed 

19 Federal workers’’; and 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘or congressional staff’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘, staff member, President, Vice 

22 President, or appointed Federal worker’’; and 

23 (3) by adding at the end of clause (ii) the fol24 lowing new subclause: 

25 ‘‘(III) APPOINTED FEDERAL

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1 eral worker’ means any individual 

2 who— 

3 ‘‘(aa) is employed in a posi4 tion listed in sections 5312 

5 through 5316 of title 5, United 

6 States Code (relating to the Ex7 ecutive Schedule); 

8 ‘‘(bb) is a limited term ap9 pointee, limited emergency ap10 pointee, or noncareer appointee 

11 in the Senior Executive Service, 

12 as defined under paragraphs (5), 

13 (6), and (7), respectively, of sec14 tion 3132(a) of such title; or 

15 ‘‘(cc) is employed in a posi16 tion in the executive branch of 

17 the Government of a confidential 

18 or policy-determining character 

19 under schedule C of subpart C of 

20 part 213 of title 5 of the Code of 

21 Federal Regulations.’’. 

22 (b) MAINTAINING CURRENT FEHBP COVERAGE OF

23 ANNUITANTS.—Nothing in the amendments made by sub24 section (a) shall be construed as affecting the continued 

25 coverage of annuitants under health benefits plans under 


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1 chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, as in effect as 

2 of the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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