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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 127
5	5	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exemption
6	6	to the individual mandate to maintain health coverage for individuals
7	7	residing in counties with fewer than 2 health insurance issuers offering
8	8	plans on an Exchange; to require Members of Congress and congressional
9	9	staff to abide by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act with
10	10	respect to health insurance coverage; and for other purposes.
11	11	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
12	12	JANUARY3, 2025
13	13	Mr. B
14	14	IGGSof Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
15	15	Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on
16	16	Energy and Commerce, House Administration, and Oversight and Gov-
17	17	ernment Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
18	18	Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within
19	19	the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
20	20	A BILL
21	21	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide
22	22	an exemption to the individual mandate to maintain
23	23	health coverage for individuals residing in counties with
24	24	fewer than 2 health insurance issuers offering plans on
25	25	an Exchange; to require Members of Congress and con-
26	26	gressional staff to abide by the Patient Protection and
27	27	Affordable Care Act with respect to health insurance
28	28	coverage; and for other purposes.
29	29	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
30	30	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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33	33	•HR 127 IH
34	34	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
35	35	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protection from 2
36	36	Obamacare Mandates and Congressional Equity Act’’. 3
37	37	SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO EXEMPTION FROM REQUIRE-4
38	38	MENT TO MAINTAIN HEALTH COVERAGE. 5
39	39	(a) E
40	40	XEMPTION FOR INDIVIDUALS INAREASWITH 6
41	41	F
42	42	EWERTHAN2 ISSUERSOFFERINGPLANS ON ANEX-7
43	43	CHANGE.—Section 5000A(e) of the Internal Revenue Code 8
44	44	of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following 9
45	45	new paragraph: 10
46	46	‘‘(6) I
47	47	NDIVIDUALS IN AREAS WITH FEWER 11
48	48	THAN 2 ISSUERS OFFERING PLANS ON AN EX -12
49	49	CHANGE.— 13
50	50	‘‘(A) I
51	51	N GENERAL.—Any applicable indi-14
52	52	vidual for any period during a calendar year if 15
53	53	there are fewer than 2 health insurance issuers 16
54	54	offering qualified health plans on an Exchange 17
55	55	for such period in the county in which the ap-18
56	56	plicable individual resides. 19
57	57	‘‘(B) A
58	58	GGREGATION RULES.—For purposes 20
59	59	of subparagraph (A), all health insurance 21
60	60	issuers treated as a single employer under sub-22
61	61	section (a) or (b) of section 52, or subsection 23
62	62	(m) or (o) of section 414, shall be treated as a 24
63	63	single health insurance issuer.’’. 25
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67	67	(b) EFFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 1
68	68	this section shall apply to months beginning after the date 2
69	69	of the enactment of this Act. 3
70	70	SEC. 3. HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN 4
71	71	CONGRESSIONAL STAFF AND MEMBERS OF 5
72	72	THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. 6
73	73	Section 1312(d)(3)(D) of the Patient Protection and 7
74	74	Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18032(d)(3)(D)) is 8
75	75	amended— 9
76	76	(1) by striking the subparagraph heading and 10
77	77	inserting the following: 11
78	78	‘‘(D) M
79	79	EMBERS OF CONGRESS , CONGRES-12
80	80	SIONAL STAFF, AND POLITICAL APPOINTEES IN 13
81	81	THE EXCHANGE.—’’; 14
82	82	(2) in clause (i), in the matter preceding sub-15
83	83	clause (I)— 16
84	84	(A) by striking ‘‘and congressional staff 17
85	85	with’’ and inserting ‘‘, congressional staff, the 18
86	86	President, the Vice President, and political ap-19
87	87	pointees with’’; and 20
88	88	(B) by striking ‘‘or congressional staff 21
89	89	shall’’ and inserting ‘‘, congressional staff, the 22
90	90	President, the Vice President, or a political ap-23
91	91	pointee shall’’; 24
92	92	(3) in clause (ii)— 25
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96	96	(A) in subclause (II), by inserting after 1
97	97	‘‘Congress,’’ the following: ‘‘of a committee of 2
98	98	Congress, or of a leadership office of Con-3
99	99	gress,’’; and 4
100	100	(B) by adding at the end the following: 5
101	101	‘‘(III) P
102	102	OLITICAL APPOINTEE.— 6
103	103	The term ‘political appointee’ means 7
104	104	any individual who— 8
105	105	‘‘(aa) is employed in a posi-9
106	106	tion described under sections 10
107	107	5312 through 5316 of title 5, 11
108	108	United States Code (relating to 12
109	109	the Executive Schedule); 13
110	110	‘‘(bb) is a limited term ap-14
111	111	pointee, limited emergency ap-15
112	112	pointee, or noncareer appointee 16
113	113	in the Senior Executive Service, 17
114	114	as defined under paragraphs (5), 18
115	115	(6), and (7), respectively, of sec-19
116	116	tion 3132(a) of title 5, United 20
117	117	States Code; or 21
118	118	‘‘(cc) is employed in a posi-22
119	119	tion in the executive branch of 23
120	120	the Government of a confidential 24
121	121	or policy-determining character 25
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125	125	under schedule C of subpart C of 1
126	126	part 213 of title 5 of the Code of 2
127	127	Federal Regulations.’’; and 3
128	128	(4) by adding at the end the following: 4
129	129	‘‘(iii) G
130	130	OVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION .— 5
131	131	No Government contribution under section 6
132	132	8906 of title 5, United States Code, shall 7
133	133	be provided on behalf of an individual who 8
134	134	is a Member of Congress, a congressional 9
135	135	staff member, the President, the Vice 10
136	136	President, or a political appointee for cov-11
137	137	erage under this paragraph. 12
138	138	‘‘(iv) L
139	139	IMITATION ON AMOUNT OF TAX 13
140	140	CREDIT OR COST SHARING .—An individual 14
141	141	enrolling in health insurance coverage pur-15
142	142	suant to this paragraph shall not be eligi-16
143	143	ble to receive a tax credit under section 17
144	144	36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 18
145	145	or reduced cost sharing under section 1402 19
146	146	of this Act in an amount that exceeds the 20
147	147	total amount for which a similarly situated 21
148	148	individual (who is not so enrolled) would be 22
149	149	entitled to receive under such sections. 23
150	150	‘‘(v) L
151	151	IMITATION ON DISCRETION FOR 24
152	152	DESIGNATION OF STAFF .—Notwithstand-25
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156	156	ing any other provision of law, a Member 1
157	157	of Congress shall not have discretion in de-2
158	158	terminations with respect to which employ-3
159	159	ees employed by the office of such Member 4
160	160	are eligible to enroll for coverage through 5
161	161	an Exchange. 6
162	162	‘‘(vi) C
163	163	LARIFICATION.—The terms 7
164	164	‘small employer’ (as defined under section 8
165	165	1304(b)(2)) and ‘qualified employers’ (as 9
166	166	defined under subsection (f)) do not in-10
167	167	clude the Congress, with respect to enroll-11
168	168	ments in an Exchange and a SHOP Ex-12
169	169	change.’’. 13
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