HR 1780
113th Congress
House
Health
Comprehensive health care
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Members of Congress
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
To provide that the only health plans that the Federal Government may make available to the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, and Federal employees are those created under the Patient…
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
May 3, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 26, 2013
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 26, 2013
Introduced in House
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Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to restrict the health plans that the federal government may make available to the President, Vice-President, or federal employees to a health plan either created under PPACA or offered through a health care exchange established under PPACA. (Currently, such restriction applies to Members of Congress and congressional staff.)
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Committees of jurisdiction
4
Cosponsors
30
R
DesJarlais, Scott
Messer, Luke
Fleming, John
Flores, Bill
Hensarling, Jeb
Meadows, Mark
Murphy, Tim
R
Young, Todd
R
Blackburn, Marsha
DeSantis, Ron
R
Lummis, Cynthia M.
R
Smith, Jason
Ross, Dennis
Brooks, Susan
R
Cotton, Tom
R
Joyce, David P.
R
Huizenga, Bill
Ryan, Paul
Westmoreland, Lynn
R
Hudson, Richard
Marchant, Kenny
Jenkins, Lynn
Lance, Leonard
Stivers, Steve
Boustany, Charles
BRADY, KEVIN
JOHNSON, SAM
Nunes, Devin
Roskam, Peter
Schock, Aaron
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1780: To provide that the only health plans that the Federal Government may make available to the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, and Federal employees are those created under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or offered through a health insurance exchange.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1780/
"H.R. 1780: To provide that the only health plans that the Federal Government may make available to the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, and Federal employees are those created under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or offered through a health insurance exchange.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1780/.
H.R. 1780, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1780/.
[H.R. 1780: To provide that the only health plans that the Federal Government may make available to the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, and Federal employees are those created under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or offered through a health insurance exchange.](https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1780/)