I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 769 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain educational 
institutions from the employer health insurance mandate, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2015 
Mr. MESSER (for himself, Mr. KLINE, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. WALBERG, 
Mr. ROKITA, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. BISHOP 
of Utah, Mr. SALMON, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. BYRNE, Mrs. BROOKS of Indi-
ana, Mr. BUCSHON, and Mr. PALAZZO) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt 
certain educational institutions from the employer health 
insurance mandate, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safeguarding Class-
rooms Hurt by ObamaCare’s Obligatory Levies’’. 
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SEC. 2. CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS EXEMPT 
FROM EMPLOYER HEALTH INSURANCE MAN-
DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4980H(c)(2) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) EXCEPTION
FOR
CERTAIN
EDU-
CATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.—The term ‘applicable 
large employer’ shall not include— 
‘‘(i) any elementary school or sec-
ondary school (as such terms are defined 
in section 9101 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965), 
‘‘(ii) any local educational agency or 
State educational agency (as such terms 
are defined in section 9101 of such Act), 
and 
‘‘(iii) any institution of higher edu-
cation (as such term is defined in section 
102 of the Higher Education Act of 
1965).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to months beginning after Decem-
ber 31, 2013. 
SEC. 3. STUDY OF IMPACT ON EDUCATION. 
The Secretary of Education shall— 
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(1) study the impact of the employer health in-
surance mandate under section 4980H of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 as in effect on the day 
before the date of enactment of this Act and the im-
pact of such mandate as in effect on the day after 
the date of enactment of this Act on— 
(A) in coordination with the national as-
sessment of title I under section 1501 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6491), the ability of State 
educational agencies, local educational agencies, 
elementary schools, and secondary schools to 
meet the purposes of title I of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6301 et seq.); and 
(B) in coordination with the annual data 
collection conducted through the Integrated 
Postsecondary Education Data System de-
scribed in section 132(i)(4) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1015a(i)(4)), the 
ability of institutions of higher education to 
maintain academic programs; and 
(2) not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, submit separate written re-
ports to Congress with respect to the studies con-
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ducted under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of para-
graph (1). 
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