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H.R. 2010: Live by the Laws You Write Act

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H.R. 2010: Live by the Laws You Write Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-05-16 · Congress · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-05-16 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Live by the Laws You Write Act

Plain summary

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.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

What a vote does

A “Yea” vote

If it passes both chambers and is signed, it becomes law.

A “Nay” vote

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

Live by the Laws You Write Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6] · 18 cosponsors

Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.

Cosponsors on this site

Joe Wilson (R-SC), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Marlin A. Stutzman (R-IN), David P. Joyce (R-OH)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6] reported raising $12.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

No linked floor roll calls in our collected records yet. This does not mean the bill has never had a vote. Check the official bill history.

Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr2010 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113