I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2010 
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to apply to Dele-
gates and Resident Commissioners to the Congress, and to employees 
of committees and leadership offices of Congress, the requirement of 
such Act that the only health plans that the Federal Government may 
make available to Members of Congress and congressional staff are 
plans created or offered through an Exchange established under such 
Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 16, 2013 
Mr. BARR (for himself, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. 
WENSTRUP, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. 
HUIZENGA of Michigan, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. COT-
TON, Mr. POSEY, and Mr. STUTZMAN) 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 subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
to apply to Delegates and Resident Commissioners to 
the Congress, and to employees of committees and lead-
ership offices of Congress, the requirement of such Act 
that the only health plans that the Federal Government 
may make available to Members of Congress and con-
gressional staff are plans created or offered through an 
Exchange established under such Act. 
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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 ‘‘Live by the Laws You 
Write Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF DELEGATES, COMMITTEE STAFF, 
AND LEADERSHIP OFFICE STAFF UNDER PA-
TIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE 
ACT. 
(a) APPLICATION OF SAME REQUIREMENTS APPLI-
CABLE TO MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES OF MEMBER OF-
FICES.—Section 1312(d)(3)(D) of the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18032(d)(3)(D)) is 
amended by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(ii) TREATMENT OF DELEGATES AND 
RESIDENT
COMMISSIONER.—In this sub-
paragraph, the term ‘Member of Congress’ 
includes a Delegate or Resident Commis-
sioner to the Congress. 
‘‘(iii) CONGRESSIONAL
STAFF
DE-
FINED.—In this subparagraph, the term 
‘Congressional staff’ means a full-time or 
part-time employee of any of the following 
offices: 
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‘‘(I) The office of any Member of 
Congress. 
‘‘(II) The office of any standing, 
select, or joint committee of Congress. 
‘‘(III) An office of the House of 
Representatives for which the appro-
priation for salaries and expenses of 
the office for the year involved is pro-
vided under the heading ‘House Lead-
ership Offices’ in the Act making ap-
propriations 
for 
the 
Legislative 
Branch for the fiscal year involved (in 
addition to any office of a Member of 
Congress referred to in subclause (I)). 
‘‘(IV) The offices of the Presi-
dent pro tempore, Majority and Mi-
nority Leaders, Majority and Minority 
Whips, Conferences of the Majority 
and of the Minority, and Majority and 
Minority Policy Committees of the 
Senate (in addition to any office of a 
Member of Congress referred to in 
subclause (I)).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enact-
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ment of subtitle D of title I of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act. 
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