Healthcare.gov Spending Accountability Act

Healthcare.gov Spending Accountability Act - Prohibits any federal official, including the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), from incurring any obligations respecting the repair or maintenance of the healthcare.gov website, unless: (1) the President submits to Congress proposed reductions in Affordable Care Act federal spending commensurate with the amount of obligations to be so incurred, and (2) Congress enacts a law that effects spending reductions commensurate with that amount.

States that, for purposes of such prohibition, Affordable Care Act spending is federal spending to carry out the provisions of, including amendments made by, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or title I or subtitle B of title II of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3373 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3373

     To prohibit incurring further obligations with respect to the 
           healthcare.gov website without offsetting savings.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 29, 2013

 Mr. Johnson of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
     To prohibit incurring further obligations with respect to the 
           healthcare.gov website without offsetting savings.

    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 ``Healthcare.gov Spending 
Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING OFFSETTING SAVINGS BEFORE INCURRING ANY ADDITIONAL 
              OBLIGATIONS FOR THE HEALTHCARE.GOV WEBSITE.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
Federal official, including the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
may incur any obligations on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act with respect to the repair or maintenance of the healthcare.gov 
website, unless and until--
            (1) the President submits to Congress proposed reductions 
        in Affordable Care Act Federal spending described in subsection 
        (b) that are commensurate with the amount of obligations to be 
        so incurred; and
            (2) the Congress enacts a law effecting spending reductions 
        commensurate with the amount of obligations to be so incurred.
    (b) Affordable Care Act Federal Spending.--For purposes of 
subsection (a), Affordable Care Act Federal spending is Federal 
spending to carry out the provisions of, including amendments made by, 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148) or 
title I or subtitle B of title II of the Health Care and Education 
Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-152).
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