,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dccf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #af1      
#bjai,mr4 ,bera 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,peters1 and ,mr4 ,aguilar7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the     
,patient ,protection and ,affordable    
,care ,act to align open enrollment     
periods for ,exchange plans with the    
deadline for filing ,federal income tax 
returns1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,easy ,enrollment ,act of #bjai4    
#b4 ,aligning open enrollment periods   
for ,exchange plans with deadline for   
filing ,federal income tax returns  7a7 
,in general ,subparagraph 7,b7 of       
section #acaa7;c77#f7 of the ,patient   
,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ahjca7;c77#f77 is       
amended to read as follows3  7,b7 annual
 open enrollment periods-- 7i7 for      
calendar years after the initial        

enrollment period and before #bjba1 as  
determined by the ,secretary2 and  7ii7 
for #bjba and subsequent calendar years1
 that begin on a date specified by the  
,secretary and end on ,april #ae of each
 such calendar year2  4  7b7            
,regulations ,not later than #ahj days  
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,secretary of ,health and     
,human ,services shall promulgate       
regulations to carry out the amendment  
made by subsection 7a74