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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. 

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. 


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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 

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. 

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 2015’’. 


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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 

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

9 is 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

14 AS FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.—Solely for pur15 poses of determining whether an employer is an 

16 applicable large employer under this paragraph, 

17 an employer shall, in addition to the number of 

18 full-time employees for any month otherwise de19 termined, include for such month a number of 

20 full-time employees determined by dividing the 

21 aggregate number of hours of service of employ22 ees who are not full-time employees for the 

23 month by 174.’’. 

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

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

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

3 following new subparagraph: 

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

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

6 employee who is employed on average at least 

7 40 hours of service per week.’’. 

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

9 this section shall apply to months beginning after Decem10 ber 31, 2013. 

11 SEC. 3. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

12 The budgetary effects of this Act shall not be entered 

13 on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to sec14 tion 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 

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