I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3076 
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act with respect 
to health insurance coverage for certain congressional staff and political 
appointees in the executive branch, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 10, 2013 
Mr. DESANTIS (for himself, Mr. SANFORD, Mr. ROSS, Mr. LATTA, Mr. WEST-
MORELAND, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. SALMON, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. 
YOHO, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. ROTHFUS, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, 
Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, and Mr. COTTON) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight 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 jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
with respect to health insurance coverage for certain 
congressional staff and political appointees in the execu-
tive branch, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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(A) in subclause (II), by inserting after 
‘‘Congress,’’ the following: ‘‘of a committee of 
Congress, or of a leadership office of Con-
gress,’’; and 
(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 
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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: 
‘‘(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-
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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 
such Member are eligible to enroll for cov-
erage through an Exchange.’’. 
Æ 
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