Fairness for America's Heroes Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2876
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17]
Introduced: 2013-07-31
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Comprehensive health care

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Sales and excise taxes

Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-07-31
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Fairness for America's Heroes Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to exempt veterans, until January 1, 2015, from the penalty for failure to maintain minimum essential health care coverage. Defines a &quot;veteran,&quot; for purposes of this Act, as an individual who served on active duty (other than active duty for training) and who has been discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable. </p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2876 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 31, 2013 Mr. Flores (for himself, Mr. Benishek , Mr. Cook , Mr. Gohmert , Mr. Roe of Tennessee , Mr. Fleming , and Mr. Coffman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide veterans with a 1-year exemption from the requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fairness for America’s Heroes Act of 2013 . 2. 1-year exemption for veterans from individual mandate under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (a) In general Section 5000A(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (6) Veterans Any applicable individual for any month beginning before January 1, 2015, if the individual is a veteran. For purposes of this paragraph, the term veteran means an individual who served on active duty (other than active duty for training) in the Armed Forces of the United States and has been discharged or released from active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States under conditions other than dishonorable. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the amendments made by section 1501 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.