,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #adig  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ab1
 #bjac,mr4 ,vitter 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,enzi1 ,mr4 ,heller1 ,mr4 ,lee1 ,mr4    
,johnson of ,wisconsin1 and ,mr4        
,inhofe7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to 
amend the ,patient ,protection and      
,affordable ,care ,act to apply the     
provisions of the ,act to certain       
,congressional staff and members of the 
executive branch4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the ,no      
,exemption for ,washington from         
,obamacare ,act4  #b4 ,health insurance 
coverage for certain ,congressional     
staff and members of the executive      
branch ,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  
by striking the subparagraph heading and
 inserting the following3  7,d7 ,members

 of ,congress1 congressional staff1 and 
political appointees in the exchange  2 
7#b7 in clause 7i71 in the matter       
preceding subclause 7,i7-- 7,a7 by      
striking and congressional staff with   
and inserting 1 congressional staff1 the
 ,president1 the ,vice ,president1 and  
political appointees with2 and  7,b7 by 
striking or congressional staff shall   
and inserting 1 congressional staff1 the
 ,president1 the ,vice ,president1 or a 
political appointee shall2  7#c7 in     
clause 7ii7-- 7,a7 in subclause 7,,ii71 
by inserting after ,congress1 the       
following3 of a committee of ,congress1 
or of a leadership office of ,congress12
 and  7,b7 by adding at the end the     
following3  7,,iii7 ,political appointee
 ,in this subparagraph1 the term        
political appointee means any individual
 who-- 7aa7 is employed in a position   
described under sections #ecab through  
#ecaf of title #e1 ,united ,states      
,code1 7relating to the ,executive      
,schedule72  7bb7 is a limited term     

appointee1 limited emergency appointee1 
or noncareer appointee in the ,senior   
,executive ,service1 as defined under   
paragraphs 7#e71 7#f71 and 7#g71        
respectively1 of section #cacb7;a7 of   
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code2 or     
7cc7 is employed in a position in the   
executive branch of the ,government of a
 confidential or policy-determining     
character under schedule ,c of subpart  
,c of part #bac of title #e of the ,code
 of ,federal ,regulations4  2 and  7#d7 
by adding at the end the following3     
7iii7 ,government contribution ,no      
,government contribution under section  
#hijf of title #e1 ,united ,states      
,code1 shall be provided on behalf of an
 individual who is a ,member of         
,congress1 a congressional staff member1
 the ,president1 the ,vice ,president1  
or a political appointee for coverage   
under this paragraph4  7iv7 ,limitation 
on amount of tax credit or cost-sharing 
,an individual enrolling in health      
insurance coverage pursuant to this     

paragraph shall not be eligible to      
receive a tax credit under section      
#cf;,b of the ,internal ,revenue ,code  
of #aihf or reduced cost sharing under  
section #adjb of this ,act in an amount 
that exceeds the total amount for which 
a similarly situated individual 7who is 
not so enrolled7 would be entitled to   
receive under such sections4  7v7       
,limitation on discretion for           
designation of staff ,notwithstanding   
any other provision of law1 a ,member of
 ,congress shall not have discretion in 
determinations with respect to which    
employees employed by the office of such
 ,member are eligible to enroll for     
coverage through an ,exchange4  4