I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2984 
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to restrict Members 
of Congress who represent a State with a waiver approved under the 
amendments made by the American Health Care Act of 2017 to the 
same health insurance coverage as is available under such waiver to 
their constituents. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 21, 2017 
Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York 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 con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
to restrict Members of Congress who represent a State 
with a waiver approved under the amendments made 
by the American Health Care Act of 2017 to the same 
health insurance coverage as is available under such 
waiver to their constituents. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘High Risk Pool, No 
Reward Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. RESTRICTING ACCESS OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF 
CONGRESS, WHO REPRESENT A STATE WITH 
AN AHCA APPROVED WAIVER, TO HEALTH IN-
SURANCE 
COVERAGE 
AVAILABLE 
UNDER 
SUCH WAIVER TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS. 
Section 1312(d)(3) of the Patient Protection and Af-
fordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18032(d)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (D)(i), by inserting ‘‘except 
as provided in subparagraph (E),’’ after ‘‘Notwith-
standing any other provision of law,’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(E) COVERAGE
OF
MEMBERS
OF
CON-
GRESS CONSISTENT WITH AHCA STATE WAIV-
ERS.—In the case of a State that has a waiver 
approved and in effect under section 2701(b) of 
the Public Health Service Act, as added by sec-
tion 136(a) of the American Health Care Act of 
2017, for a purpose described in paragraph 
(1)(C) of such section 2701(b), a Member of 
Congress who represents such State or a dis-
trict in the State— 
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‘‘(i) is not eligible to receive coverage 
under any health benefits plan (or to re-
ceive any Government contribution regard-
ing coverage under such plan) under chap-
ter 89 of title 5, United States Code, with 
respect to their service as a Member of 
Congress; and 
‘‘(ii) is eligible to enroll in health in-
surance coverage in the individual market 
in the State under this Act and under such 
waiver (including, to the extent applicable, 
through a high-risk program that carries 
out the purpose described in paragraph (1) 
or (2) of section 2202(a) of the Social Se-
curity Act or a program established under 
section 2205 of such Act) in the same 
manner as the Member’s constituents who 
are eligible to enroll in such coverage.’’. 
Æ 
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