,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ij  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of    
,,representatives  ,january #c1         
#bjai,mr4 ,biggs introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means1 and 
in addition to the ,committees on       
,energy and ,commerce1 ,house           
,administration1 and ,oversight and     
,reform1 for a period to be subsequently
 determined by the ,speaker1 in each    
case for consideration of such          
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,internal      
,revenue ,code of #aihf to provide an   
exemption to the individual mandate to  
maintain health coverage for individuals
 residing in counties with fewer than #b
 health insurance issuers offering plans
 on an ,exchange2 to require ,members of
 ,congress and congressional staff to   
abide by the ,patient ,protection and   
,affordable ,care ,act with respect to  
health insurance coverage2 and for other

 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,protection from    
,obamacare ,mandates and ,congressional 
,equity ,act4  #b4 ,modifications to    
exemption from requirement to maintain  
health coverage  7a7 ,exemption for     
individuals in areas with fewer than #b 
issuers offering plans on an exchange   
,section #ejjj;,a7e7 of the ,internal   
,revenue ,code of #aihf is amended by   
adding at the end the following new     
paragraph3  7#f7 ,individuals in areas  
with fewer than #b issuers offering     
plans on an exchange  7,a7 ,in general  
,any applicable individual for any      
period during a calendar year if there  
are fewer than #b health insurance      
issuers offering qualified health plans 
on an ,exchange for such period in the  
county in which the applicable          
individual resides4  7,b7 ,aggregation  
rules ,for purposes of subparagraph     
7,a71 all health insurance issuers      
treated as a single employer under      
subsection 7a7 or 7b7 of section #eb1 or

 subsection 7m7 or 7o7 of section #dad1 
shall be treated as a single health     
insurance issuer4  4  7b7 ,effective    
date ,the amendments made by this       
section shall apply to months beginning 
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act4  #c4 ,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
 ,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 ,code 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  7vi7    
,clarification ,the terms small employer
 7as defined under section              
#acjd7;b77#b77 and qualified employers  
7as defined under subsection 7f77 do not
 include the ,congress1 with respect to 
enrollments in an ,exchange and a ,,shop
 ,exchange4  4