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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 Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. OLSON, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mr. 
FORBES, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. NEUGE-
BAUER, 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. SAN-
FORD, 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 JOHN-
SON 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. WEST-
MORELAND, Mr. BARR, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. 
ROTHFUS, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. MCCLIN-
TOCK, 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. ROHR-
ABACHER, 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. COL-
LINS 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. MARCH-
ANT, 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. 
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 ‘‘Save American Work-
ers Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPEAL OF 30-HOUR THRESHOLD FOR CLASSIFICA-
TION AS FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE FOR PUR-
POSES 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 fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS TREATED 
AS
FULL-TIME
EMPLOYEES.—Solely for pur-
poses 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 de-
termined, include for such month a number of 
full-time employees determined by dividing the 
aggregate number of hours of service of employ-
ees who are not full-time employees for the 
month by 174.’’. 
(b) FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.—Paragraph (4) of sec-
tion 4980H(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended— 
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