,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ijb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,may #h1 #bjac ,mr4 
,vitter 7for himself and ,mr4 ,heller7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs  ,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 ,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 7i7 in the matter        
preceding subclause 7,i7--  7,a7 by     

striking congressional staff with and   
inserting congressional staff1 the      
,president1 the ,vice ,president1 and   
political appointees with2 and  7,b7 by 
striking congressional staff shall and  
inserting congressional staff1 the      
,president1 the ,vice ,president1 or    
political appointee1 shall2 and  7#c7 in
 clause 7ii7--  7,a7 in subclause       
7,,ii71 by inserting after ,congress1   
the following3 of a committee of        
,congress1 and 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  4