Close the Congressional Health Care Loophole Act

Close the Congressional Health Care Loophole Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to expand the definition of "congressional staff" for purposes of determining coverage under a state health care Exchange to include all full-time and part-time employees of the federal government whose pay is disbursed under the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act for the fiscal year involved.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4982 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4982

To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to clarify the 
coverage for congressional employees through Exchanges under title I of 
                               such Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 25, 2010

Mr. Posey (for himself, Mr. Linder, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Olson, Mr. 
   Bartlett, Mr. Fleming, Mr. Paulsen, Ms. Fallin, Mr. Griffith, Mr. 
   Neugebauer, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. 
  Bonner, Mr. Akin, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Paul, Mrs. Myrick, and Mr. 
   Souder) 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to clarify the 
coverage for congressional employees through Exchanges under title I of 
                               such Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Close the Congressional Health Care 
Loophole Act''.

SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF CONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYEES THROUGH EXCHANGES UNDER 
              TITLE I OF PPACA.

    (a) In General.--Section 1312(d)(3)(D)(ii)(II) of the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act is amended by striking ``employed by 
the official office of a Member of Congress, whether in Washington, DC 
or outside of Washington, DC'' and inserting ``of the Federal 
Government whose pay is disbursed under the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act for the fiscal year involved''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
as if included in the enactment of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act.
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