No Special Treatment for Members of Congress Act

Bill: 113-hr-3853
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2014-01-10
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Members of Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2014-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-01-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p> No Special Treatment for Members of Congress Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to prohibit federal government contributions under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program on behalf of a Member of Congress for coverage under an American Health Benefit Exchange.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 3853 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 10, 2014 Mr. Reed (for himself, Mr. Stutzman , and Mr. Southerland ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to prohibit Government contributions under the Federal employees health benefit program towards Exchange health insurance coverage of Members of Congress.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Special Treatment for Members of Congress Act . 2. No Government contributions under FEHB towards Exchange health insurance coverage of Members of Congress (a) In general Section 1312(d)(3)(D) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18032(d)(3)(D) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: (iii) No Government contribution under FEHB No Government contribution under section 8906 of title 5, United States Code, shall be provided on behalf of an individual who is a Member of Congress for coverage made available to such individual pursuant to this subparagraph. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply as if included in the enactment of section 1312(d)(3)(D) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18032(d)(3)(D) ).