,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cdbe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #cj1        
#bjac,mr4 ,lipinski 7for himself1 ,ms4  
,sinema1 ,mr4 ,peters of ,california1   
,mr4 ,gallego1 ,mr4 ,barber1 ,mr4       
,murphy of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,barrow of    
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,vela1 and ,mr4 ,garcia7 
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     
amend the ,patient ,protection and      
,affordable ,care ,act to delay the     
individual health insurance mandate and 
any penalties for violating the         
individual mandate until after there is 
a certification that the healthcare4gov 
website is fully operational1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 

,act may be cited as the ,health ,care  
,access ,fairness and ,penalty ,delay   
,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,delay in applying  
individual health insurance mandate and 
penalty for violating the mandate before
 healthcare4gov is certified as being   
fully operational ,section #ejjj;,a of  
the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf is
 amended by adding at the end the       
following3  7h7 ,delay in application   
7#a7 ,in general ,the provisions of this
 section shall not apply to an          
individual for any month that begins    
earlier than #cj days after the end of  
the extension of enrollment period      
provided under paragraph 7#d74 ,in      
applying the previous provisions of this
 section1 the ,secretary of the         
,treasury shall adjust the dates in this
 section accordingly based on the       
application of this subsection4  7#b7   
,,gao report on progress on making the  
website fully operational ,beginning not
 later than #cj days after the date of  
the enactment of the ,health ,care      

,access ,fairness and ,penalty ,delay   
,act of #bjac and monthly thereafter    
7until such time as the ,inspector      
,general submits the certification under
 paragraph 7#c771 the ,comptroller      
,general of the ,united ,states shall   
submit to ,congress and to the          
,inspector ,general for the ,department 
of ,health and ,human ,services monthly 
reports on the progress of the          
healthcare4gov website in becoming fully
 operational 7as defined in paragraph   
7#e774  7#c7 ,inspector ,general of     
,health and ,human ,services            
certification ,taking into account the  
reports submitted under paragraph 7#b71 
the ,inspector ,general of the          
,department of ,health and ,human       
,services shall make a determination on 
whether or not the healthcare4gov       
website is fully operational and1 if so1
 shall submit to ,congress 7and post on 
an appropriate public website7 a        
certification that the healthcare4gov   
website is fully operational4  7#d7     

,extension of initial enrollment period 
,the ,secretary of ,health and ,human   
,services shall take such steps as are  
necessary to extend the initial         
enrollment period for individuals in    
qualified health plans offered through  
,exchanges under the ,patient           
,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act  
so that such period does not end earlier
 than #ij days after the date of the    
submittal to ,congress of the           
certification under paragraph 7#c74     
7#e7 ,fully operational defined ,in this
 subsection1 the term fully operational 
means1 with respect to the              
healthcare4gov website1 that the website
 is fully functional and operating in a 
manner consistent with the role         
envisioned for ,exchanges under the     
,patient ,protection and ,affordable    
,care ,act 7and the amendments made by  
such ,act74  4