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HR 2010 113th Congress House Congress Comprehensive health care Congressional officers and employees Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Members of Congress

Live by the Laws You Write Act

Introduced: May 16, 2013 Introduced by: Barr, Andy Republican · Kentucky See on congress.gov
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May 17, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 16, 2013
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
May 16, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Live by the Laws You Write Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to apply to the following persons the requirement that the the only health plans that the federal government may make available to Members of Congress and congressional staff with respect to their service shall be health plans created, or offered through a Health Benefit Exchange established, under such Act: (1) Delegates and Resident Commissioners to Congress, (2) congressional committee staff, and (3) House and Senate leadership office staff.

What's happening now May 17, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 3071 Related bill No Special Treatment for Congress Act
  • HR 3198 Related bill No Special Treatment for Congress Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Republican 6
KINGSTON, JACK
· Jul 10, 2013
 R
Joyce, David P.
Ohio · May 21, 2013
Long, Billy
· May 21, 2013
Ross, Dennis
· May 20, 2013
Brooks, Susan
· May 17, 2013
 R
Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · May 16, 2013
Fleming, John
· May 16, 2013
 R
Huizenga, Bill
Michigan · May 16, 2013
Pearce, Stevan
· May 16, 2013
Rice, Tom
· May 16, 2013
 R
Stutzman, Marlin A.
Indiana · May 16, 2013
 R
Weber, Randy K. Sr.
Texas · May 16, 2013
Westmoreland, Lynn
· May 16, 2013
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · May 16, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2010: Live by the Laws You Write Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2010/
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"H.R. 2010: Live by the Laws You Write Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2010/.
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H.R. 2010, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2010/.
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