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Union Calendar No. 287 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2575 

[Report No. 113–386] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 28, 2013 

Mr. YOUNG of Indiana (for himself, Mr. OLSON, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, 

Mr. WALBERG, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. RIGELL, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. 

SOUTHERLAND, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. 

BARR, Mr. YODER, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. 

TIBERI, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. REICHERT, 

Mr. CAMP, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. NUNES, Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. 

JONES, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. FORBES, Mr. 

YOHO, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan, Mr. 

MESSER, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. ROONEY, Mr. ROKITA, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. 

CHABOT, Ms. JENKINS, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. GRAVES of Georgia, Mr. REED, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. BUCHANAN, 

Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. DUFFY, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. 

FLORES, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. LONG, Mr. NUNNELEE, Mr. CRAMER, 

Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. HALL, Mr. RADEL, Mr. SALMON, Mr. HANNA, Mr. 

BENISHEK, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. RENACCI, Mr. HOLDING, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS

of Illinois, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. KLINE, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. GINGREY of 

Georgia, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. ISSA, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. POMPEO, Mr. 

NUGENT, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. ROE

of Tennessee, Mr. HUELSKAMP, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. 

AMODEI, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. COLE, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. 

KING of New York, Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, 

Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. 


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FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. BACHUS, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, 

Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. PITTS, Mr. 

PERRY, and Mr. ROTHFUS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 

MARCH 26, 2014 

Additional sponsors: Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. STOCKMAN, 

Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. TERRY, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. CARTER, Mr. COBLE, Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. BENTIVOLIO, Mr. 

WESTMORELAND, Mr. DENT, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. 

DIAZ-BALART, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Mr. PETRI, Mr. 

MICA, Mr. MARINO, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. DENHAM, Mr. TURNER, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. LANCE, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. RUNYAN, Mr. BARTON, Mr. HARPER, Mrs. NOEM, Mrs. ELLMERS, Mr. 

MCKEON, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. HULTGREN, 

Mr. COTTON, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. 

WALDEN, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. JOYCE, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. HECK of Nevada, Mrs. ROBY, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, 

Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. STEWART, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, 

Mr. HURT, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. GIBSON, 

Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. COOK, Mr. DESANTIS, Mr. MCALLISTER, Mr. 

DESJARLAIS, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. WOLF, Mr. POSEY, Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mr. DAINES, 

Mr. FINCHER, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. KING

of Iowa, Mr. WENSTRUP, Mr. ROSS, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia, Mr. BRIDENSTINE, Mr. LATTA, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. 

PETERSON, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. BYRNE, Mr. GOSAR, 

Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. BARROW of Georgia, Mr. AMASH, Mr. STUTZMAN, 

Mr. RAHALL, Mr. LATHAM, and Mr. LAMBORN

MARCH 26, 2014 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

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. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Save American Work5 ers Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REPEAL OF 30-HOUR THRESHOLD FOR CLASSIFICA7 TION AS FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE FOR PUR8 POSES OF THE EMPLOYER MANDATE IN THE 

9 PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE 

10 CARE ACT AND REPLACEMENT WITH 40 

11 HOURS. 

12 (a) FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS.—Paragraph (2) of 

13 section 4980H(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

14 is amended— 

15 (1) by repealing subparagraph (E), and 

16 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol17 lowing new subparagraph: 

18 ‘‘(E) FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS TREATED

19 AS FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.—Solely for pur20 poses of determining whether an employer is an 

21 applicable large employer under this paragraph, 

22 an employer shall, in addition to the number of 

23 full-time employees for any month otherwise de24 termined, include for such month a number of 

25 full-time employees determined by dividing the 


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1 aggregate number of hours of service of employ2 ees who are not full-time employees for the 

3 month by 174.’’. 

4 (b) FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.—Paragraph (4) of sec5 tion 4980H(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) by repealing subparagraph (A), and 

8 (2) by inserting before subparagraph (B) the 

9 following new subparagraph: 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘full-time 

11 employee’ means, with respect to any month, an 

12 employee who is employed on average at least 

13 40 hours of service per week.’’. 

14 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

15 this section shall take effect as if included in the amend16 ments made by section 1513 of the Patient Protection and 

17 Affordable Care Act. 

18 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

19 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Save American Workers 

20 Act of 2014’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPEAL OF 30-HOUR THRESHOLD FOR CLASSIFICA2 TION AS FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE FOR PUR3 POSES OF THE EMPLOYER MANDATE IN THE 

4 PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE 

5 CARE ACT AND REPLACEMENT WITH 40 

6 HOURS. 

7 (a) FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS.—Paragraph (2) of sec8 tion 4980H(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

9 amended— 

10 (1) by repealing subparagraph (E), and 

11 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol12 lowing new subparagraph: 

13 ‘‘(E) FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS TREATED AS

14 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.—Solely for purposes of 

15 determining whether an employer is an applica16 ble large employer under this paragraph, an em17 ployer shall, in addition to the number of full18 time employees for any month otherwise deter19 mined, include for such month a number of full20 time employees determined by dividing the ag21 gregate number of hours of service of employees 

22 who are not full-time employees for the month by 

23 174.’’. 

24 (b) FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.—Paragraph (4) of sec25 tion 4980H(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

26 amended— 


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1 (1) by repealing subparagraph (A), and 

2 (2) by inserting before subparagraph (B) the fol3 lowing new subparagraph: 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘full-time em5 ployee’ means, with respect to any month, an 

6 employee who is employed on average at least 40 

7 hours of service per week.’’. 

8 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 

9 section shall apply to months beginning after December 31, 

10 2013. 


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Union Calendar No. 287 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2575 

[Report No. 113–386] 

A BILL 

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 

able Care Act and replace it with 40 hours. mandate in the Patient Protection and Afforda full-time employee for purposes of the employer repeal the 30-hour threshold for classification as 

MARCH 26, 2014 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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