I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3425 
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to delay the 
individual health insurance mandate and any penalties for violating the 
individual mandate until after there is a certification that the 
healthcare.gov website is fully operational, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 30, 2013 
Mr. LIPINSKI (for himself, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. PETERS of California, Mr. 
GALLEGO, Mr. BARBER, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. BARROW of Geor-
gia, Mr. VELA, and Mr. GARCIA) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined 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 delay the individual health insurance mandate and 
any penalties for violating the individual mandate until 
after there is a certification that the healthcare.gov 
website is fully operational, 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 ‘‘Health Care Access 
Fairness and Penalty Delay Act of 2013’’. 
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SEC. 2. DELAY IN APPLYING INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSUR-
ANCE MANDATE AND PENALTY FOR VIO-
LATING 
THE 
MANDATE 
BEFORE 
HEALTHCARE.GOV IS CERTIFIED AS BEING 
FULLY OPERATIONAL. 
Section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) DELAY IN APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of this sec-
tion shall not apply to an individual for any month 
that begins earlier than 30 days after the end of the 
extension of enrollment period provided under para-
graph (4). In applying the previous provisions of this 
section, the Secretary of the Treasury shall adjust 
the dates in this section accordingly based on the 
application of this subsection. 
‘‘(2) GAO REPORT ON PROGRESS ON MAKING 
THE WEBSITE FULLY OPERATIONAL.—Beginning not 
later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 
of the Health Care Access Fairness and Penalty 
Delay Act of 2013 and monthly thereafter (until 
such time as the Inspector General submits the cer-
tification under paragraph (3)), the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall submit to Con-
gress and to the Inspector General for the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services monthly re-
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ports on the progress of the healthcare.gov website 
in becoming fully operational (as defined in para-
graph (5)). 
‘‘(3) INSPECTOR
GENERAL
OF
HEALTH
AND 
HUMAN SERVICES CERTIFICATION.—Taking into ac-
count the reports submitted under paragraph (2), 
the Inspector General of the Department of Health 
and Human Services shall make a determination on 
whether or not the healthcare.gov website is fully 
operational and, if so, shall submit to Congress (and 
post on an appropriate public website) a certification 
that the healthcare.gov website is fully operational. 
‘‘(4) EXTENSION OF INITIAL ENROLLMENT PE-
RIOD.—The Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices shall take such steps as are necessary to extend 
the initial enrollment period for individuals in quali-
fied health plans offered through Exchanges under 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act so 
that such period does not end earlier than 90 days 
after the date of the submittal to Congress of the 
certification under paragraph (3). 
‘‘(5) FULLY OPERATIONAL DEFINED.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘fully operational’ means, with 
respect to the healthcare.gov website, that the 
website is fully functional and operating in a manner 
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consistent with the role envisioned for Exchanges 
under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
Act (and the amendments made by such Act).’’. 
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