S.Amdt. 2969

SA 2969. Mr. COBURN (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Burr, Mr. Vitter,
Mrs. McCaskill, and Mr. Ensign) submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 2786 proposed by Mr. Reid (for himself, Mr.

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Baucus, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Harkin) to the bill H.R. 3590, to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers
credit in the case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other
Federal employees, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

On page 156, line 4, strike all through page 157, line 7,
and insert the following:
(D) Requirement of members of congress and others to enroll
in the public option.--
(i) Requirement.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, all Federal officers shall be enrolled in the community
health insurance option when established by the Secretary.
(ii) Ineligible for fehbp.--Effective on the date on which
the community health insurance option is established by the
Secretary, no Federal officer shall be eligible to
participate in a health benefits plan under chapter 89 of
title 5, United States Code.
(iii) Employer contribution.--

(I) In general.--The appropriate disbursing officer for
each Federal officer shall pay the amount determined under
subclause (II) to--

(aa) the appropriate community health insurance option; or
(bb) in the case of a Federal officer who resides in a
State which opts out of providing a community health
insurance option and is enrolled in a plan offered through an
Exchange, the appropriate Exchange.

(II) Amount of employer contribution.--The Director of the
Office of Personnel Management shall determine the amount of
the employer contribution for each Federal officer. The
amount shall be equal to the employer contribution for the
health benefits plan under chapter 89 of title 5, United
States Code, with the greatest number of enrollees, except
that the contribution shall be actuarially adjusted for age.

(iv) Definitions.--In this subparagraph:

(I) Community health insurance option.--The term
``community health insurance option'' means the health
insurance established by the Secretary under section 1323.
(II) Congressional employee.--The term ``congressional
employee'' means an employee of--

(aa) a committee of the Senate or House of Representatives;
(bb) the office of a Member of Congress;
(cc) the Majority Leader of the Senate;
(dd) the Minority Leader of the Senate;
(ee) the Speaker of the House of Representatives; or
(ff) the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives;

(III) Federal officer.--The term ``Federal officer''
means--

(aa) a Member of Congress;
(bb) the President;
(cc) the Vice President;
(dd) a political appointee; and
(ee) a congressional employee.

(IV) Member of congress.--The term ``Member of Congress''
means any member of the House of Representatives or the
Senate.
(V) Political appointee.--The term ``political appointee''
means any individual who--

(aa) is employed in a position described under sections
5312 through 5316 of title 5, United States Code, (relating
to the Executive Schedule);
(bb) is a limited term appointee, limited emergency
appointee, or noncareer appointee in the Senior Executive
Service, as defined under paragraphs (5), (6), and (7),
respectively, of section 3132(a) of title 5, United States
Code; or
(cc) is employed in a position in the executive branch of
the Government of a confidential or policy-determining
character under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title
5 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
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