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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1330 

To delay the implementation of the employer responsibility provisions of 

the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 18, 2013 

Mr. BEGICH introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

To delay the implementation of the employer responsibility 

provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 

Act. 

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 ‘‘Realistic Employer Re5 sponsibility Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. 2-YEAR DELAY OF EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITY 

7 PROVISIONS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of section 1513 of 

9 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public 


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1 Law 111–148) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 

2 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2015’’. 

3 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

4 (1) Paragraph (3) of section 10106(f) of the 

5 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public 

6 Law 111–148) is amended by striking ‘‘December 

7 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2015’’. 

8 (2) Subsection (d) of section 1514 of such Act 

9 is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘December 31, 2015’’. 

11 (3) Subparagraph (A) of section 4980H(c)(5) 

12 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by 

13 striking ‘‘2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2016’’. 

14 (4) Clause (ii) of section 4980H(c)(5)(A) of 

15 such Code is amended by inserting ‘‘, determined by 

16 substituting ‘2015’ for ‘2013’ ’’ after ‘‘the Patient 

17 Protection and Affordable Care Act’’. 

18 SEC. 3. OPTIONAL EARLY ADOPTION OF REPORTING RE19 QUIREMENTS. 

20 Not later than December 31, 2013, the Secretary of 

21 the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) shall publish 

22 the forms and other guidance necessary to make the re23 turn required under section 6056 of the Internal Revenue 

24 Code of 1986, and shall provide opportunity to make such 

25 return, at the option of the employer, for calendar years 


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1 2014 and 2015 in the case of employers who would be 

2 required to make such return for any such year but for 

3 the amendments made by section 1. 

4 SEC. 4. INTERNET WEBSITE RELATING TO EMPLOYER RE5 SPONSIBILITIES. 

6 Not later than January 1, 2014, the Secretary, in 

7 consultation with the State American Health Benefit Ex8 changes established under section 1311 of the Patient 

9 Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111– 

10 148), the Committee on Small Business and Entrepre11 neurship of the Senate, the Committee on Finance of the 

12 Senate, the Committee on Small Business of the House 

13 of Representatives, the Committee on Ways and Means 

14 of the House of Representatives, the Secretary of the 

15 Treasury, and the Secretary of Labor, shall establish an 

16 Internet website through which employers and residents 

17 of any State may obtain information in an easily under18 standable format relating to the responsibilities of, and 

19 benefits available to, such employers and residents under 

20 such Act. The Internet website required under the pre21 ceding sentence may be combined with the website re22 quired to be established by section 1103 of the Patient 

23 Protection and Affordable Care Act. 

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