I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2985 
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to restrict Members 
of Congress who represent a State with an essential health benefits 
(EHB) waiver, approved under the amendments made by the American 
Health Care Act of 2017, to the lowest actuarial value health insurance 
coverage that is available under the waiver. 
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 an essential health benefits (EHB) waiver, approved 
under the amendments made by the American Health 
Care Act of 2017, to the lowest actuarial value health 
insurance coverage that is available under the waiver. 
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 ‘‘No Carve Out for Con-
gress Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. RESTRICTING ACCESS OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF 
CONGRESS, WHO REPRESENT A STATE WITH 
AN AHCA EHB APPROVED WAIVER, TO THE 
LOWEST ACTUARIAL VALUE HEALTH INSUR-
ANCE COVERAGE AVAILABLE UNDER THE 
WAIVER. 
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) LIMITING
COVERAGE
OF
MEMBERS 
OF
CONGRESS
IN
STATES
WITH
AHCA
EHB 
WAIVERS.—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 section 136(a) of the American 
Health Care Act of 2017, for the purpose de-
scribed in paragraph (1)(B) of such section 
2701(b) (relating to a waiver of essential health 
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benefits), a Member of Congress who represents 
such State (or a district in the State)— 
‘‘(i) is not eligible, with respect to the 
Member’s services as a Member of Con-
gress, to receive coverage under any health 
benefits plan under chapter 89 of title 5, 
United States Code, and is not eligible for 
any Government contribution under such 
chapter with respect to any health benefits 
plan (including health insurance coverage 
described in clause (ii)); 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, but only in such coverage (offered 
in the area in which the Member resides) 
with the lowest actuarial value of all such 
coverage in such area at the time of enroll-
ment (or reenrollment).’’. 
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