1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Healthcare.gov Spending Accountability Act”.
Healthcare.gov Spending Accountability Act
A BILL
To prohibit incurring further obligations with respect to the healthcare.gov website without offsetting savings.
2. Requiring offsetting savings before incurring any additional obligations for the healthcare.gov website
In general— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal official, including the Secretary of Health and Human Services, may incur any obligations on or after the date of the enactment of this Act with respect to the repair or maintenance of the healthcare.gov website, unless and until—
the President submits to Congress proposed reductions in Affordable Care Act Federal spending described in subsection (b) that are commensurate with the amount of obligations to be so incurred; and
the Congress enacts a law effecting spending reductions commensurate with the amount of obligations to be so incurred.
Affordable Care Act Federal spending— For purposes of subsection (a), Affordable Care Act Federal spending is Federal spending to carry out the provisions of, including amendments made by, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148) or title I or subtitle B of title II of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–152).