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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
in clauses (ii) and (iii), the total number of 
principal aliens who may be provided spe-
cial immigrant status under this section in 
fiscal year 2014 during the period ending 
on December 15, 2013 shall be the sum of— 
‘‘(I) the number of aliens de-
scribed in subsection (b) whose appli-
cation for special immigrant status 
under this section is pending on Sep-
tember 30, 2013; and 
‘‘(II) 2,000. 
‘‘(ii) EMPLOYMENT
PERIOD.—The 1- 
year period during which the principal 
alien is required to have been employed by 
or on behalf of the United States Govern-
ment in Iraq under subsection (b)(1)(B) 
shall begin on or after March 20, 2003, and 
end on or before September 30, 2013. 
‘‘(iii) APPLICATION
DEADLINE.—The 
principal alien seeking special immigrant 
status under this subparagraph shall apply 
to the Chief of Mission in accordance with 
subsection (b)(4) not later than December 
15, 2013.’’.
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SEC. 141. (a) DELAY IN APPLICATION OF INDIVIDUAL 
HEALTH INSURANCE MANDATE.—Section 5000A(a) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 
‘‘2013’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—(1) 
Section 
5000A(c)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘2014’’ in clause (i) and insert-
ing ‘‘2015’’, and 
(B) by striking ‘‘2015’’ in clauses (ii) and (iii) 
and inserting ‘‘2016’’. 
(2) Section 5000A(c)(3)(B) of such Code is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2015’’, 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘2015’’ (prior to amendment by 
subparagraph (A)) and inserting ‘‘2016’’. 
(3) Section 5000A(c)(3)(D) of such Code is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘2016’’ and inserting ‘‘2017’’, 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2016’’. 
(4) Section 5000A(e)(1)(D) of such Code is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2015’’, 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘2013’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’.
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect as if included in section 1501 of 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 
SEC. 142. Section 1312(d)(3)(D) of the Patient Protec-
tion and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18032(d)(3)(D)) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking the subparagraph heading and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(D) MEMBERS
OF
CONGRESS, CONGRES-
SIONAL
STAFF, THE
PRESIDENT, VICE
PRESI-
DENT, AND POLITICAL APPOINTEES.—’’; 
(2) in clause (i), in the matter preceding sub-
clause (I)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and congressional staff’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, congressional staff, the Presi-
dent, the Vice President, and political ap-
pointees’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘or congressional staff’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, congressional staff, the President, the 
Vice President, or a political appointee’’; 
(3) in clause (ii)— 
(A) in subclause (I), by inserting before the 
period at the end the following: ‘‘, and includes 
a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Con-
gress’’;
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(B) in subclause (II), by inserting after 
‘‘Congress,’’ the following: ‘‘of a standing, select, 
or joint committee of Congress (or a sub-
committee thereof), of an office of the House of 
Representatives for which the appropriation for 
salaries and expenses of the office for the year in-
volved is provided under the heading ‘House 
Leadership Offices’ in the act making appropria-
tions for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal 
year involved, or a leadership office of the Senate 
(consisting of the offices of the President pro 
Tempore, Majority and Minority Leaders, Ma-
jority and Minority Whips, Conferences of the 
Majority and of the Minority, and Majority and 
Minority Policy Committees of the Senate),’’; 
and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(III) POLITICAL
APPOINTEE.— 
The term ‘political appointee’ means 
an individual who— 
‘‘(aa) is employed in a posi-
tion described under sections 5312 
through 5316 of title 5, United 
States Code (relating to the Exec-
utive Schedule);
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‘‘(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 section 
3132(a) of title 5, United States 
Code; 
‘‘(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 D of 
part 213 of title 5 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations; or 
‘‘(dd) is employed in or 
under the Executive Office of the 
President in a position that is ex-
cluded from the competitive serv-
ice by reason of its confidential, 
policy-determining, 
policy-mak-
ing, or policy-advocating char-
acter.’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(iii) GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION.— 
No Government contribution under section 
8906 of title 5, United States Code, shall be 
provided on behalf of an individual who is 
a Member of Congress, congressional staff, 
the President, the Vice President, or a polit-
ical appointee for coverage under this sub-
paragraph. 
‘‘(iv) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF TAX 
CREDIT OR COST-SHARING.—An individual 
enrolling in health insurance coverage pur-
suant to this paragraph shall not be eligible 
to receive a tax credit under section 36B of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or re-
duced cost sharing under section 1402 of 
this Act in an amount that exceeds the total 
amount which a similarly situated indi-
vidual (who is not so enrolled) would be en-
titled to receive under such sections. 
‘‘(v) LIMITATION ON DISCRETION FOR 
DESIGNATION OF STAFF.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, a Member of 
Congress shall not have discretion in deter-
minations with respect to which employees 
employed by the office of such Member are
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eligible to enroll for coverage through an 
Exchange.’’. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 59 
HOUSE AMENDMENT TO 
SENATE AMENDMENT