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On the recordJuly 11, 2012
I am. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Andrews moves to recommit the bill H.R. 6079 to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce with instructions to report the same to the House forthwith with the following amendment: Add at the end the following new section: SEC. 5. MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WHO VOTE TO REPEAL HEALTH CARE FOR THEIR CONSTITUENTS MUST FORFEIT THEIR OWN TAXPAYER-SUBSIDIZED HEALTH BENEFITS. (a) Forfeiture of FEHBP Benefits by Any Member Voting in Favor of Health Care Repeal.--A Member of the House of Representatives who votes in favor of passage of this Act (including the repeal of the patient benefit protection provisions described in subsection (b)) shall become ineligible to participate, as such a Member, in the federally funded Federal employees health benefits program (FEHBP) under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, effective at the beginning of the first month after the date of the enactment of this Act.…
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