A bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to apply the provisions of the Act to certain Congressional staff and members of the executive branch.

Bill: 113-s-902
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2013-05-08
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional committees

Congressional officers and employees

Federal officials

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Latest action: action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-05-08
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to extend the requirement for participation in the American Health Benefit Exchange (a state health insurance exchange created by PPACA) to the President, Vice-President, executive branch political appointees, and employees of congressional committees and leadership offices of Congress (currently, this requirement applies to Members of Congress and their staff).</p> <p><BR> </p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 902 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 8, 2013 Mr. Vitter (for himself and Mr. Heller ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to apply the provisions of the Act to certain Congressional staff and members of the executive branch.

1. Health insurance coverage for certain Congressional staff and members of the executive branch Section 1312(d)(3)(D) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18032(d)(3)(D) ) is amended— (1) by striking the subparagraph heading and inserting the following: (D) Members of Congress, congressional staff, and political appointees in the exchange ; (2) in clause (i) in the matter preceding subclause (I)— (A) by striking congressional staff with and inserting congressional staff, the President, the Vice President, and political appointees with ; and (B) by striking congressional staff shall and inserting congressional staff, the President, the Vice President, or political appointee, shall ; and (3) in clause (ii)— (A) in subclause (II), by inserting after Congress, the following: of a committee of Congress, and of a leadership office of Congress, ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (III) Political appointee In this subparagraph, the term political appointee means any individual who— (aa) is employed in a position described under sections 5312 through 5316 of title 5, United States Code, (relating to the Executive Schedule); (bb) is a limited term appointee, limited emergency appointee, or noncareer appointee in the Senior Executive Service, as defined under paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively, of section 3132(a) of title 5, United States Code; or (cc) is employed in a position in the executive branch of the Government of a confidential or policy-determining character under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations. .