No Special Treatment for Congress Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to prohibit the expenditure of federal funds to pay any portion of the premium for a health plan purchased by a Member of Congress or congressional staff through an American Health Benefit Exchange established by such Act.
Revises for purposes of the Act the definitions of: (1) "Member of Congress" to include a Delegate or Resident Commissioner; and (2) "congressional staff" to mean a full-time or part-time employee of the office of any Member of Congress, the office of any standing, select, or joint committee of Congress, leadership offices of the House of Representatives, and the offices of the President pro Tempore, Majority and Minority Leaders and Whips, and conferences of the Majority and Minority and their policy committees.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3198 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3198
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to prohibit
government subsidies for the purchase of health plans by Members of
Congress and congressional staff and to apply to Delegates and Resident
Commissioners to the Congress, and to employees of committees and
leadership offices of Congress, the requirement of such Act that the
only health plans that the Federal Government may make available to
Members of Congress and congressional staff are plans created or
offered through an Exchange established under such Act.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 26, 2013
Mr. Pearce 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 prohibit
government subsidies for the purchase of health plans by Members of
Congress and congressional staff and to apply to Delegates and Resident
Commissioners to the Congress, and to employees of committees and
leadership offices of Congress, the requirement of such Act that the
only health plans that the Federal Government may make available to
Members of Congress and congressional staff are plans created or
offered through an Exchange established under 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 ``No Special Treatment for Congress
Act''.
SEC. 2. NO HEALTH CARE SUBSIDIES FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND
CONGRESSIONAL STAFF; APPLICATION OF REQUIREMENTS TO
DELEGATES, RESIDENT COMMISSIONERS TO CONGRESS, COMMITTEE
STAFF, AND LEADERSHIP OFFICE STAFF.
Section 1312(d)(3)(D) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act (42 U.S.C. 18032(d)(3)(D)) is amended by striking clause (ii) and
inserting the following clauses:
``(ii) No premium assistance for members of
congress and congressional staff.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law or
any regulation or guidance promulgated by the
Director of the Office of Personnel Management,
no Federal funds shall be expended to pay any
portion of the premium for a health plan
purchased by a Member of Congress or
congressional staff pursuant to clause (i).
``(iii) Member of congress defined.--In
this subparagraph, the term `Member of
Congress' means any member of the House of
Representatives or the Senate and includes a
Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the
Congress.
``(iv) Congressional staff.--In this
subparagraph, the term `Congressional staff'
means a full-time or part-time employee of any
of the following offices:
``(I) The office of any Member of
Congress.
``(II) The office of any standing,
select, or joint committee of Congress.
``(III) An office of the House of
Representatives for which the
appropriation for salaries and expenses
of the office for the year involved is
provided under the heading `House
Leadership Offices' in the act making
appropriations for the Legislative
Branch for the fiscal year involved (in
addition to any office of a Member of
Congress referred to in subclause (I)).
``(IV) 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 (in
addition to any office of a Member of
Congress referred to in subclause
(I)).''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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.
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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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