,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cagj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bc1      
#bjac,mr4 ,posey 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,rooney1 and ,mr4 ,miller of ,florida7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,government ,reform1 and 
in addition to the ,committees on       
,energy and ,commerce1 ,house           
,administration1 and ,appropriations1   
for a period to be subsequently         
determined by the ,speaker1 in each case
 for consideration of such provisions as
 fall within the jurisdiction of the    
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
provide that the only health plans that 
the ,federal ,government may make       
available to ,federal employees         
responsible for the administration of   
the ,patient ,protection and ,affordable
 ,care ,act are those created under such
 ,act or offered through a health       
insurance exchange1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  

may be cited as the ,health ,care       
,regulator ,accountability ,act4  #b4   
,health plans created under ,,ppaca or  
offered through ,exchanges to be only   
health plans ,federal ,government may   
make available to ,federal employees    
responsible for administration of       
,,ppaca ,section #acab7;d77#c77;,d7 of  
the ,patient ,protection and ,affordable
 ,care ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4              
#ahjcb7;d77#c77;,d77 is amended-- 7#a7  
in the subparagraph heading1 by striking
 ,members of ,congress and inserting    
,members of ,congress and certain       
,federal employees2  7#b7 in clause 7i71
 in the matter preceding subclause      
7,i7-- 7,a7 by striking after the       
effective date of this subtitle1 and    
inserting after ,december #ca1 #bjac12  
7,b7 by striking ,members of ,congress  
and congressional staff and inserting   
,members of ,congress1 congressional    
staff1 and ,federal employees           
responsible for the administration of   
this ,act2 and  7,c7 by striking a      

,member of ,congress or congressional   
staff and inserting a ,member of        
,congress1 congressional staff1 or      
,federal employee responsible for the   
administration of this ,act2 and  7#c7  
in clause 7ii71 by adding at the end the
 following3  7,,iii7 ,federal employee  
responsible for the administration of   
this ,act ,the term ,federal employee   
responsible for the administration of   
this ,act1 as used with respect to a    
year1 means a ,federal employee-- 7aa7  
who holds a position in the ,department 
of ,health and ,human ,services1 the    
,internal ,revenue ,service1 or any     
other ,executive agency 7as defined by  
section #aje of title #e1 ,united       
,states ,code7 during such year2 and    
7bb7 the duties and responsibilities of 
whose position 7as described in item    
7aa77 during such year-- 7,,aa7 involves
 the promulgation of rules or           
regulations to carry out this ,act 7or  
amendments made by this ,act72 7,,bb7   
involves the enforcement of this ,act   

7or amendments made by this ,act72 or   
7,,cc7 otherwise involves the           
administration of this ,act 7or         
amendments made by this ,act71 as       
determined under regulations promulgated
 by the head of the employing agency4   
7,,iv7 ,federal employee ,the term      
,federal employee means an employee1 as 
defined in section #baje of title #e1   
,united ,states ,code1 and includes an  
individual to whom subsection 7c7 or 7f7
 of such section #baje pertains 7whether
 or not such individual otherwise       
satisfies such section74  4  #c4        
,enforcement  7a7 ,in general ,the      
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services1 the ,director of the         
,internal ,revenue ,service1 and the    
head of any other agency involved in    
promulgating rules or regulations to    
carry out or to enforce the ,patient    
,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act  
or any amendments made by such ,act 7as 
described in the amendment made by      
section #b7c77 may not1 in any fiscal   

year1 obligate or expend more than #ij  
percent of the funds made available for 
the salaries and expenses of the office 
of the ,secretary1 ,director1 or head   
7as the case may be7 for such fiscal    
year unless such regulations are        
promulgated and take effect before the  
close of such fiscal year4  7b7         
,rescission ,any amounts which 7by      
virtue of subsection 7a77 remain        
precluded from obligation or expenditure
 on the last day of any fiscal year     
shall be rescinded on the close of such 
last day4  7c7 ,limitation ,nothing in  
this section shall be considered to     
affect any funds or other amounts to the
 extent that such amounts would         
7disregarding this section7 otherwise be
 available for purposes apart from      
salaries or other administrative        
expenses of the office involved4