,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddjf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #d1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,lance introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend title ,i of the ,patient          
,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act  
to impose restrictions on the risk      
corridor program4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the ,taxpayer
 ,bailout ,protection ,act4  #b4        
,restrictions on ,,ppaca risk corridor  
program ,section #acdb7;b7 of the       
,patient ,protection and ,affordable    
,care ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ahjfb7;b77 is
 amended--  7#a7 in paragraph 7#a71 by  
striking ,the ,secretary and inserting  
,subject to paragraph 7#c71 the         
,secretary2 and  7#b7 by adding at the  
end the following new paragraph3  7#c7  
,safeguard to protect taxpayers  7,a7   
,in general ,the ,secretary shall ensure
 that the amount of payments to plans   
under paragraph 7#a7 for a plan year    

beginning during calendar year #bjad1   
#bjae1 or #bjaf does not exceed the     
amount of payments to the ,secretary    
under paragraph 7#b7 for such plan year4
  7,b7 ,adjustment to protect taxpayers 
,the ,secretary shall proportionately   
decrease the amount of payments to plans
 under paragraph 7#a7 in order to ensure
 that the requirement of subparagraph   
7,a7 is satisfied each year4  4