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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6005 
To ensure that Members of Congress and Congressional staff receive health 
care from the Department of Veterans Affairs instead of under the 
Federal Health Benefits Program or health care exchanges. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016 
Mr. DAVIDSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 
Veterans’ Affairs, 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 concerned 
A BILL 
To ensure that Members of Congress and Congressional staff 
receive health care from the Department of Veterans 
Affairs instead of under the Federal Health Benefits 
Program or health care exchanges. 
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 ‘‘Lead by Example Act 
of 2016’’. 
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SEC. 2. HEALTH CARE FURNISHED BY DEPARTMENT OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS TO MEMBERS OF CON-
GRESS AND CONGRESSIONAL STAFF. 
(a) HEALTH CARE BENEFITS.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, beginning January 3, 2019, the 
only health care plan that the Federal Government may 
make available to Members of Congress and Congressional 
staff with respect to their service as a Member of Congress 
or Congressional staff shall be health care provided 
through the Department of Veterans Affairs, including at 
facilities of the Department and non-Department facilities 
pursuant to chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, 
the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 
2014 (Public Law 113–146), and any other provision of 
law authorizing the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to fur-
nish such care to veterans, as if such Members and staff 
were veterans. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than Sep-
tember 15, 2017, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and 
the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall 
jointly submit to Congress a plan to carry out subsection 
(a), including recommendations for any legislative actions 
the Secretary and the Director determine necessary to 
carry out such subsection. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) The term ‘‘Congressional staff’’ means the 
employees described in section 2107(1) of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ means a 
member of the Senate or the House of Representa-
tives, a Delegate to the House of Representatives, 
and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico. 
(3) The term ‘‘non-Department facility’’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 1701 of title 
38, United States Code. 
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