I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3170 
To provide that the only health plans that the Federal Government may 
make available to Federal employees responsible for the administration 
of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are those created 
under such Act or offered through a health insurance exchange, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 23, 2013 
Mr. POSEY (for himself, Mr. ROONEY, and Mr. MILLER of Florida) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and 
Commerce, House Administration, and Appropriations, 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 con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To provide that the only health plans that the Federal Gov-
ernment may make available to Federal employees re-
sponsible for the administration of the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act are those created under such 
Act or offered through a health insurance exchange, 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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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Health Care Regulator 
Accountability Act’’. 
SEC. 2. HEALTH PLANS CREATED UNDER PPACA OR OF-
FERED THROUGH EXCHANGES TO BE ONLY 
HEALTH PLANS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MAY 
MAKE AVAILABLE TO FEDERAL EMPLOYEES 
RESPONSIBLE 
FOR 
ADMINISTRATION 
OF 
PPACA. 
Section 1312(d)(3)(D) of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18032(d)(3)(D)) is 
amended— 
(1) in the subparagraph heading, by striking 
‘‘MEMBERS
OF
CONGRESS’’ and inserting ‘‘MEM-
BERS
OF
CONGRESS
AND
CERTAIN
FEDERAL
EM-
PLOYEES’’; 
(2) in clause (i), in the matter preceding sub-
clause (I)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘after the effective date of 
this subtitle,’’ and inserting ‘‘after December 
31, 2013,’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Members of Congress and 
congressional staff’’ and inserting ‘‘Members of 
Congress, congressional staff, and Federal em-
ployees responsible for the administration of 
this Act’’; and 
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(C) by striking ‘‘a Member of Congress or 
congressional staff’’ and inserting ‘‘a Member 
of Congress, congressional staff, or Federal em-
ployee responsible for the administration of this 
Act’’; and 
(3) in clause (ii), by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(III) FEDERAL EMPLOYEE RE-
SPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION 
OF THIS ACT.—The term ‘Federal em-
ployee responsible for the administra-
tion of this Act’, as used with respect 
to a year, means a Federal em-
ployee— 
‘‘(aa) who holds a position 
in the Department of Health and 
Human Services, the Internal 
Revenue Service, or any other 
Executive agency (as defined by 
section 105 of title 5, United 
States Code) during such year; 
and 
‘‘(bb) the duties and respon-
sibilities of whose position (as de-
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scribed in item (aa)) during such 
year— 
‘‘(AA) involves the pro-
mulgation of rules or regula-
tions to carry out this Act 
(or amendments made by 
this Act); 
‘‘(BB) involves the en-
forcement of this Act (or 
amendments made by this 
Act); or 
‘‘(CC) 
otherwise 
in-
volves the administration of 
this Act (or amendments 
made by this Act), 
as determined under regulations 
promulgated by the head of the 
employing agency. 
‘‘(IV) FEDERAL
EMPLOYEE.— 
The term ‘Federal employee’ means 
an ‘employee’, as defined in section 
2105 of title 5, United States Code, 
and includes an individual to whom 
subsection (c) or (f) of such section 
2105 pertains (whether or not such 
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individual otherwise satisfies such sec-
tion).’’. 
SEC. 3. ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, the Director of the Internal Revenue 
Service, and the head of any other agency involved in pro-
mulgating rules or regulations to carry out or to enforce 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or any 
amendments made by such Act (as described in the 
amendment made by section 2(3)) may not, in any fiscal 
year, obligate or expend more than 90 percent of the funds 
made available for the salaries and expenses of the office 
of the Secretary, Director, or head (as the case may be) 
for such fiscal year unless such regulations are promul-
gated and take effect before the close of such fiscal year. 
(b) RESCISSION.—Any amounts which (by virtue of 
subsection (a)) remain precluded from obligation or ex-
penditure on the last day of any fiscal year shall be re-
scinded on the close of such last day. 
(c) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
considered to affect any funds or other amounts to the 
extent that such amounts would (disregarding this sec-
tion) otherwise be available for purposes apart from sala-
ries or other administrative expenses of the office involved. 
Æ 
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