,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ccei  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bh1        
#bjac,mr4 ,radel 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,cook1 ,mr4 ,gohmert1 ,mr4 ,mc,kinley1  
,mr4 ,messer1 ,mr4 ,collins of ,new     
,york1 ,mr4 ,simpson1 ,mr4              
,westmoreland1 ,mr4 ,rodney ,davis of   
,illinois1 ,mr4 ,chabot1 ,mr4           
,neugebauer1 ,mr4 ,diaz-,balart1 ,mr4   
,bishop of ,utah1 ,mr4 ,jones1 ,mr4     
,rokita1 ,ms4 ,ros-,lehtinen1 and ,mr4  
,garrett7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,ways and ,means1 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     
provide for a delay of the individual   
mandate under the ,patient ,protection  
and ,affordable ,care ,act until the    
,american ,health ,benefit ,exchanges   

are functioning properly4  #a4 ,short   
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,delay ,until ,fully ,functional ,act of
 #bjac4  #b4 ,delay in the individual   
mandate and exemption from penalty  7a7 
,delay in applicability ,section        
#aeja7;d7 of the ,patient ,protection   
and ,affordable ,care ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #ahjia7;d77 is amended to read
 as follows3  7d7 ,effective date  7#a7 
,in general ,the amendments made by this
 section shall apply to taxable years   
beginning #f months after the date on   
which the ,inspector ,general of the    
,department of ,health and ,human       
,services submits to ,congress the      
certification described in paragraph    
7#c74  7#b7 ,,gao study and report  7,a7
 ,in general ,not later than #cj days   
after the date of enactment of the      
,delay ,until ,fully ,functional ,act of
 #bjac1 the ,comptroller ,general of the
 ,united ,states shall conduct a study  
to determine whether the ,american      
,health ,benefit ,exchanges1 including  

the ,exchange administered by the       
,federal ,government1 and all other     
point of enrollment options 7including  
telephone and postal options71 are fully
 functional and operating in a manner   
consistent with the role envisioned for 
,exchanges under this ,act1 and submit  
to the appropriate committees of        
,congress a report concerning the       
results of such study4  7,b7 ,subsequent
 studies and reports ,if1 based on the  
results of the study conducted under    
subparagraph 7,a71 the ,comptroller     
,general determines that the ,exchanges 
are not fully functional and operating  
in a manner consistent with the role    
envisioned for ,exchanges under this    
,act1 the ,comptroller ,general shall   
conduct one or more subsequent studies  
every #fj days 7and submit reports based
 on the results of such studies7 until  
the ,comptroller ,general determines    
that the ,exchanges are fully functional
 and operating in such manner4  7#c7    
,certification ,upon the submission of a

 report under paragraph 7#b7 that       
determines that the ,american ,health   
,benefit ,exchanges are fully functional
 and operating in a manner consistent   
with the role envisioned for ,exchanges 
under this ,act1 the ,inspector ,general
 for the ,department of ,health and     
,human ,services shall submit to        
,congress a certification 7in writing7  
of the results of such report4  7#d7    
,adjustment of dates ,in applying       
section #ejjj;,a of the ,internal       
,revenue ,code of #aihf1 the ,secretary 
of the ,treasury shall adjust the dates 
in such section accordingly based on the
 application of this subsection4  4  7b7
 ,exemption from penalty ,section       
#ejjj;,a of the ,internal ,revenue ,code
 of #aihf is amended by adding at the   
end the following3  7h7 ,exemption ,the 
provisions of this section shall not    
apply to an individual who is unable to 
enroll in a qualified health plan       
because of the technical or customer    
service issues of an ,american ,health  

,benefit ,exchange1 as determined by the
 ,secretary4  4