I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 499 
To require members of Congress and congressional staff to abide by the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act with respect to health insur-
ance coverage, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 12, 2017 
Mr. DESANTIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
Committees on House Administration, Ways and Means, and 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 juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require members of Congress and congressional staff to 
abide by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
Act with respect to health insurance coverage, 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 ‘‘No Exemption for 
Washington from Obamacare Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN 
CONGRESSIONAL STAFF AND MEMBERS OF 
THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. 
Section 1312(d)(3)(D) of the Patient Protection 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, AND POLITICAL APPOINTEES IN 
THE EXCHANGE.—’’; 
(2) in clause (i), in the matter preceding sub-
clause (I)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and congressional staff 
with’’ and inserting ‘‘, congressional staff, the 
President, the Vice President, and political ap-
pointees with’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘or congressional staff 
shall’’ and inserting ‘‘, congressional staff, the 
President, the Vice President, or a political ap-
pointee shall’’; 
(3) in clause (ii)— 
(A) in subclause (II), by inserting after 
‘‘Congress,’’ the following: ‘‘of a committee of 
Congress, or of a leadership office of Con-
gress,’’; and 
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(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(III) POLITICAL
APPOINTEE.— 
The term ‘political appointee’ means 
any individual who— 
‘‘(aa) is employed in a posi-
tion described under sections 
5312 through 5316 of title 5, 
United States Code, (relating to 
the Executive 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 title 5, United 
States Code; 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.’’; 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, a congressional 
staff member, the President, the Vice 
President, or a political appointee for cov-
erage under this 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 eligi-
ble to receive a tax credit under section 
36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
or reduced cost sharing under section 1402 
of this Act in an amount that exceeds the 
total amount for which a similarly situated 
individual (who is not so enrolled) would be 
entitled to receive under such sections. 
‘‘(v) LIMITATION ON DISCRETION FOR 
DESIGNATION
OF
STAFF.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, a 
Member of Congress shall not have discre-
tion in determinations with respect to 
which employees employed by the office of 
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such Member are eligible to enroll for cov-
erage through an Exchange. 
‘‘(vi) 
CLARIFICATION.—The 
terms 
small employer (as defined under section 
1304(b)(2)) and qualified employers (as 
defined under subsection (f)) do not in-
clude the Congress, with respect to enroll-
ments in an Exchange and a SHOP Ex-
change.’’. 
Æ 
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