I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3198 
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to prohibit govern-
ment subsidies for the purchase of health plans by Members of Congress 
and congressional staff and to apply to Delegates and Resident Commis-
sioners 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 
SEPTEMBER 26, 2013 
Mr. PEARCE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee 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 concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
to prohibit government subsidies for the purchase of 
health plans by Members of Congress and congressional 
staff and to apply to Delegates and Resident Commis-
sioners 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. 
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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 ‘‘No Special Treatment 
for Congress Act’’. 
SEC. 2. NO HEALTH CARE SUBSIDIES FOR MEMBERS OF 
CONGRESS AND CONGRESSIONAL STAFF; AP-
PLICATION OF REQUIREMENTS TO DELE-
GATES, RESIDENT COMMISSIONERS TO CON-
GRESS, COMMITTEE STAFF, AND LEADERSHIP 
OFFICE STAFF. 
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 
clauses: 
‘‘(ii) NO
PREMIUM
ASSISTANCE
FOR 
MEMBERS
OF
CONGRESS
AND
CONGRES-
SIONAL
STAFF.—Notwithstanding 
any 
other provision of law or any regulation or 
guidance promulgated by the Director of 
the Office of Personnel Management, no 
Federal funds shall be expended to pay 
any portion of the premium for a health 
plan purchased by a Member of Congress 
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or congressional staff pursuant to clause 
(i). 
‘‘(iii) MEMBER
OF
CONGRESS
DE-
FINED.—In this subparagraph, the term 
‘Member of Congress’ means any member 
of the House of Representatives or the 
Senate and includes a Delegate or Resi-
dent Commissioner to the Congress. 
‘‘(iv) 
CONGRESSIONAL
STAFF.—In 
this subparagraph, the term ‘Congressional 
staff’ means a full-time or part-time em-
ployee of any of the following offices: 
‘‘(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 
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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)).’’. 
Æ 
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