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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 Com-
mittee 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To clarify the application of all laws, including the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act, to the Federal Gov-
ernment and Congress, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fairness in Obamacare 
Act of 2013’’. 
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SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF GENERAL LAWS TO EXECUTIVE 
BRANCH AND CONGRESS. 
Congress and the Executive Branch are expressly and 
equally bound by any Federal law which is intended to 
be broadly enforced upon the American people. 
SEC. 3. MOVING THE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, AND 
APPOINTED FEDERAL WORKERS INTO EX-
CHANGE PLANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1312(d)(3)(D) of the Pa-
tient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 
18032(d)(3)(D)) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘AND
THE 
PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, AND APPOINTED FED-
ERAL WORKERS’’ after ‘‘MEMBERS OF CONGRESS’’; 
(2) in clause (i)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and congressional staff’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, congressional staff, and the 
President, the Vice-President, and appointed 
Federal workers’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘or congressional staff’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, staff member, President, Vice 
President, or appointed Federal worker’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end of clause (ii) the fol-
lowing new subclause: 
‘‘(III) 
APPOINTED
FEDERAL 
WORKER.—The term ‘appointed Fed-
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eral worker’ means any individual 
who— 
‘‘(aa) is employed in a posi-
tion listed in sections 5312 
through 5316 of title 5, United 
States Code (relating to the Ex-
ecutive Schedule); 
‘‘(bb) is a limited term ap-
pointee, limited emergency ap-
pointee, or noncareer appointee 
in the Senior Executive Service, 
as defined under paragraphs (5), 
(6), and (7), respectively, of sec-
tion 3132(a) of such title; or 
‘‘(cc) is employed in a posi-
tion in the executive branch of 
the Government of a confidential 
or policy-determining character 
under schedule C of subpart C of 
part 213 of title 5 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations.’’. 
(b) MAINTAINING CURRENT FEHBP COVERAGE OF 
ANNUITANTS.—Nothing in the amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall be construed as affecting the continued 
coverage of annuitants under health benefits plans under 
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chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, as in effect as 
of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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