Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “No Special Deal for D.C. Insiders Act of 2013”.
No Special Deal for D.C. Insiders Act of 2013
A BILL
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to prohibit a government subsidy or contribution for the premiums of a health plan by a Member of Congress or Members’ staff or congressional leadership or committee staff.
Sec. 2 No governmental health insurance premium subsidy or contribution for Members of Congress and for congressional Members’ staff, leadership staff, and committee staff
Section 1312(d)(3)(D) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18032(d)(3)(D)) is amended—
in clause (ii)(II), by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, and includes employees in a leadership office of the House of Representatives or a leadership office of the Senate (consisting of the offices of the President pro Tempore, Majority and Minority Leaders, Majority and Minority Whips, Conferences of the Majority and of the Minority, and Majority and Minority Policy Committees of the Senate) and employees of any committee of Congress”;
by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iv); and
by inserting after clause (i) the following new clauses:
“(ii) No premium subsidy or contribution for members of congress—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds shall be expended to pay or contribute to any portion of the premium for a health plan purchased by a Member of Congress pursuant to clause (i).
“(iii) No premium subsidy or contribution for congressional staff—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds shall be expended to pay or contribute to any portion of the premium for a health plan purchased by congressional staff.”