,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ahaj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ba1     
#bjae ,mr4 ,vitter 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,cruz7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,homeland ,security and  
,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
apply the provisions of the ,patient    
,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act  
to ,congressional members 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     
members and members of the executive    
branch  7a7 ,in general ,notwithstanding
 section #acab7;d77#c77;,d7 of the      
,patient ,protection and ,affordable    
,care ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4               
#ahjcb7;d77#c77;,d771 ,members of       
,congress1 the ,president1 ,vice        
,president1 and all other political     
appointees shall purchase health        

insurance coverage through a health     
exchange established under such ,act and
 shall receive no ,federal subsidy or   
contribution to the costs of such       
coverage that is not also otherwise     
available to individuals at a similar   
income level4  7b7 ,definitions ,in this
 section3 7#a7 ,member of ,congress ,the
 term ,member of ,congress shall have   
the meaning given such term in section  
#acab7;d77#c77;,d77ii77,i7 of the       
,patient ,protection and ,affordable    
,care ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4               
#ahjcb7;d77#c77;,d77ii77,i774  7#b7     
,political appointee ,the term political
 appointee means any individual who--   
7,a7 is employed in a position described
 under sections #ecab through #ecaf of  
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code         
7relating to the ,executive ,schedule72 
7,b7 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  7,c7  
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 ,regulations2 or  7,d7 is  
employed in or under the ,executive     
,office of the ,president in a position 
that is excluded from the competitive   
service by reason of its confidential1  
policy-determining1 policy-making1 or   
policy-advocating character4