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H.R. 3198 113th Congress House

No Special Treatment for Congress Act

Official title: To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to prohibit government subsidies for the purchase of health plans by Members of Congress and congressio… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to prohibit government subsidies for the purchase of health plans by Members of Congress and congressional staff and to apply to Delegates and Resident Commissioners to the Congress, and to employees of committees and leadership offices of Congress, the requirement of such Act that the only health plans that the Federal Government may make available to Members of Congress and congressional staff are plans created or offered through an Exchange established under such Act.

Introduced: September 26, 2013 See on congress.gov
Congress Comprehensive health careCongressional leadershipCongressional officers and employeesHealth care costs and insurance
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Sep 27, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 26, 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.
Sep 26, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 27, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

No Special Treatment for Congress Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to prohibit the expenditure of federal funds to pay any portion of the premium for a health plan purchased by a Member of Congress or congressional staff through an American Health Benefit Exchange established by such Act.

Revises for purposes of the Act the definitions of: (1) "Member of Congress" to include a Delegate or Resident Commissioner; and (2) "congressional staff" to mean a full-time or part-time employee of the office of any Member of Congress, the office of any standing, select, or joint committee of Congress, leadership offices of the House of Representatives, and the offices of the President pro Tempore, Majority and Minority Leaders and Whips, and conferences of the Majority and Minority and their policy committees.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 2010 Live by the Laws You Write Act
  • HR 3071 No Special Treatment for Congress Act
  • HR 3126 Healthcare Fairness Act of 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3198: No Special Treatment for Congress Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3198/
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