No Special Deal for D.C. Insiders Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3066
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cotton, Tom [R-AR-4]
Introduced: 2013-09-09
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care

Congressional officers and employees

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Members of Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-09-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>No Special Deal for D.C. Insiders Act of 2013 - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to prohibit the expenditure of federal funds to pay or contribute to any portion of the premium for a health plan purchased by a Member of Congress pursuant to the Act or purchased by congressional staff.</p> <p> Includes in the definition of "congressional staff" employees in a leadership office of the House of Representatives or the Senate (consisting of the offices of the President pro Tempore, Majority and Minority Leaders, Majority and Minority Whips, Conferences of the Majority and of the Minority, and Majority and Minority Policy Committees of the Senate) and employees of any congressional committee.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3066 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 9, 2013 Mr. Cotton 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 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 a government subsidy or contribution for the premiums of a health plan by a Member of Congress or Members’ staff or congressional leadership or committee staff.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Special Deal for D.C. Insiders Act of 2013 . 2. No governmental health insurance premium subsidy or contribution for Members of Congress and for congressional Members’ staff, leadership staff, and committee staff 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 clause (ii)(II), by inserting before the period at the end the following: , and includes employees in a leadership office of the House of Representatives or a leadership office of the Senate (consisting of the offices of the President pro Tempore, Majority and Minority Leaders, Majority and Minority Whips, Conferences of the Majority and of the Minority, and Majority and Minority Policy Committees of the Senate) and employees of any committee of Congress ; (2) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iv); and (3) by inserting after clause (i) the following new clauses: (ii) No premium subsidy or contribution for members of congress Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds shall be expended to pay or contribute to any portion of the premium for a health plan purchased by a Member of Congress pursuant to clause (i). (iii) No premium subsidy or contribution for congressional staff Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds shall be expended to pay or contribute to any portion of the premium for a health plan purchased by congressional staff. .