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Save American Workers Act of 2015
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to change the definition of "full-time employee" for purposes of the employer mandate to provide minimum essential health care coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act from an employee who is employed on average at least 30 hours of service a week to an employee who is employed on average at least 40 hours of service a week.
[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 30 Introduced in House (IH)]
114th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 30
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 30-hour
threshold for classification as a full-time employee for purposes of
the employer mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
and replace it with 40 hours.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 6, 2015
Mr. Young of Indiana (for himself, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Kelly of
Pennsylvania, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Olson, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, Mr.
Forbes, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Neugebauer,
Mr. Crawford, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Hill, Mr. Turner, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr.
Paulsen, Mr. Walden, Mr. Schock, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Price
of Georgia, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Jones, Mr. Duffy, Mr. Lance, Mr. Buchanan,
Mr. Hudson, Mr. Womack, Mr. Williams, Mr. Yoder, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr.
Valadao, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Guinta, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Heck of Nevada, Mr.
Huizenga of Michigan, Mr. Schrader, Mr. Peterson, Ms. Graham, Mr.
Ashford, Mr. Brat, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Sam Johnson of
Texas, Mr. Woodall, Mr. Barletta, Mr. Katko, Mrs. Walorski, Mr.
DeSantis, Mr. Perry, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Boustany,
Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Barr, Mr. Stivers,
Mr. Zeldin, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Rothfus, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Cramer, Mr.
Ribble, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Latta, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee,
Mr. Jolly, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Cook, Mr. Graves of
Missouri, Mr. Reed, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. McCaul, Mrs.
Black, Mr. Rooney of Florida, Mr. Stewart, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. Messer, Ms.
Jenkins of Kansas, Mr. Bucshon, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Sessions, Mr.
McKinley, Mr. Marino, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Benishek, Mr.
Costello of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Noem, Mr. Tiberi, Mrs. Brooks of
Indiana, Mr. Huelskamp, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Roskam,
Mr. Tipton, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Reichert, Mr. Hurt of
Virginia, Mr. Wenstrup, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Joyce, Mr. Byrne, Mr. Dold,
Mr. Amodei, Mr. Pittenger, Mr. Hanna, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr.
Chaffetz, Mr. Flores, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Rokita, Mr. Griffith, Mr. Diaz-
Balart, Mr. Kline, Mr. Posey, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Cole, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr.
Calvert, Mr. Issa, Mr. Jordan, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Holding, Mr. Smith of
New Jersey, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Collins of New York,
Mr. Mullin, Mr. Ratcliffe, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mrs. Ellmers, Ms.
Sinema, Mr. Poliquin, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mr. Farenthold, Mrs. Mimi
Walters of California, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. Stutzman, Mr.
Denham, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Marchant, and Mrs. Miller of Michigan)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
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A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 30-hour
threshold for classification as a full-time employee for purposes of
the employer mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
and replace it with 40 hours.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Save American Workers Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF 30-HOUR THRESHOLD FOR CLASSIFICATION AS FULL-TIME
EMPLOYEE FOR PURPOSES OF THE EMPLOYER MANDATE IN THE
PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND
REPLACEMENT WITH 40 HOURS.
(a) Full-Time Equivalents.--Paragraph (2) of section 4980H(c) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
(1) by repealing subparagraph (E), and
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new
subparagraph:
``(E) Full-time equivalents treated as full-time
employees.--Solely for purposes of determining whether
an employer is an applicable large employer under this
paragraph, an employer shall, in addition to the number
of full-time employees for any month otherwise
determined, include for such month a number of full-
time employees determined by dividing the aggregate
number of hours of service of employees who are not
full-time employees for the month by 174.''.
(b) Full-Time Employees.--Paragraph (4) of section 4980H(c) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
(1) by repealing subparagraph (A), and
(2) by inserting before subparagraph (B) the following new
subparagraph:
``(A) In general.--The term `full-time employee'
means, with respect to any month, an employee who is
employed on average at least 40 hours of service per
week.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to months beginning after December 31, 2013.
SEC. 3. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.
The budgetary effects of this Act shall not be entered on either
PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory
Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 19 Reported to House. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. All points of order against the bills are waived. The bills shall be considered as read.
Rule H. Res. 19 passed House.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 19. (consideration: CR H125-140)
Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. All points of order against the bill are waived. The bills shall be considered as read.
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DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 30.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H138)
Mr. Becerra moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Ways and Means. (consideration: CR H138-140; text: CR H138)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Becerra motion to recommit with instructions, pending the reservation of a point of order. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment prohibiting the amendments in section 2 of the bill from taking effect if additional, listed conditions could be expected as a result.
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H139)
On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 179 - 244 (Roll no. 13).
Roll Call #13 (House)Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 252 - 172 (Roll no. 14).(text: CR H125-126)
Roll Call #14 (House)On passage Passed by recorded vote: 252 - 172 (Roll no. 14). (text: CR H125-126)
Roll Call #14 (House)Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.