,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #caih  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bf1      
#bjac,mr4 ,pearce introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,house                
,administration1 and in addition to the 
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1 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     
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 ,congress1 and to employees of   
committees and leadership offices of    
,congress1 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 ,act4  #a4 ,short
 title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,no ,special ,treatment for ,congress   
,act4  #b4 ,no health care subsidies for
 ,members of ,congress and congressional
 staff2 application of requirements to  
,delegates1 ,resident ,commissioners to 
,congress1 committee staff1 and         
leadership office staff ,section        
#acab7;d77#c77;,d7 of the ,patient      
,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ahjcb7;d77#c77;,d77 is  
amended by striking clause 7ii7 and     
inserting the following clauses3  7ii7  
,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 ,management1 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 7i74  7iii7 ,member of ,congress 
defined ,in this subparagraph1 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          
,congress4  7iv7 ,congressional staff   
,in this subparagraph1 the term         
,congressional staff means a full-time  
or part-time employee of any of the     
following offices3 7,i7 ,the office of  
any ,member of ,congress4  7,,ii7 ,the  
office of any standing1 select1 or joint
 committee of ,congress4  7,,iii7 ,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 7in addition to any office of 
a ,member of ,congress referred to in   
subclause 7,i774  7,,iv7 ,the offices of

 the ,president pro ,tempore1 ,majority 
and ,minority ,leaders1 ,majority and   
,minority ,whips1 ,conferences of the   
,majority and of the ,minority1 and     
,majority and ,minority ,policy         
,committees of the ,senate 7in addition 
to any office of a ,member of ,congress 
referred to in subclause 7,i774  4