Save American Workers Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-30
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Young, Todd [R-IN-9]
Introduced: 2015-01-06
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Sales and excise taxes
Latest action: action_date: 2015-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Save American Workers Act of 2015 </strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Internal&nbsp;Revenue Code to change the definition of "full-time employee" for purposes of the employer mandate to provide minimum essential health care coverage under the&nbsp;Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act from an employee who is employed on average at least 30 hours of service&nbsp;a week to an employee who is employed on average at least 40 hours of service a week. </p>

action_date: 2015-01-08
action_desc: Passed House without amendment
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</p> <p><strong>Save American Workers Act of 2015 </strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Internal&nbsp;Revenue Code to change the definition of "full-time employee" for purposes of the employer mandate to provide minimum essential health care coverage under the&nbsp;Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act from an employee who is employed on average at least 30 hours of service&nbsp;a week to an employee who is employed on average at least 40 hours of service a week. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 30 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. 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the Save American Workers Act of 2015 . 2. Repeal of 30-hour threshold for classification as full-time employee for purposes 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 following new subparagraph: (E) Full-time equivalents treated as full-time employees Solely for purposes 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 determined, include for such month a number of full-time employees determined by dividing the aggregate number of hours of service of employees who are not full-time employees for the month by 174. . (b) Full-Time employees Paragraph (4) of section 4980H(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (1) by repealing subparagraph (A), and (2) by inserting before subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph: (A) In general The term full-time employee means, with respect to any month, an employee who is employed on average at least 40 hours of service per week. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to months beginning after December 31, 2013. 3. Budgetary effects The budgetary effects of this Act shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 30 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the Save American Workers Act of 2015 . 2. Repeal of 30-hour threshold for classification as full-time employee for purposes 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 following new subparagraph: (E) Full-time equivalents treated as full-time employees Solely for purposes 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 determined, include for such month a number of full-time employees determined by dividing the aggregate number of hours of service of employees who are not full-time employees for the month by 174. . (b) Full-Time employees Paragraph (4) of section 4980H(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (1) by repealing subparagraph (A), and (2) by inserting before subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph: (A) In general The term full-time employee means, with respect to any month, an employee who is employed on average at least 40 hours of service per week. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to months beginning after December 31, 2013. 3. Budgetary effects The budgetary effects of this Act shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.

Passed the House of Representatives January 8, 2015. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 30 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 9, 2015 Received AN ACT 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the Save American Workers Act of 2015 . 2. Repeal of 30-hour threshold for classification as full-time employee for purposes 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 following new subparagraph: (E) Full-time equivalents treated as full-time employees Solely for purposes 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 determined, include for such month a number of full-time employees determined by dividing the aggregate number of hours of service of employees who are not full-time employees for the month by 174. . (b) Full-Time employees Paragraph (4) of section 4980H(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (1) by repealing subparagraph (A), and (2) by inserting before subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph: (A) In general The term full-time employee means, with respect to any month, an employee who is employed on average at least 40 hours of service per week. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to months beginning after December 31, 2013. 3. Budgetary effects The budgetary effects of this Act shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.

Passed the House of Representatives January 8, 2015. Karen L. Haas, Clerk

tv_txt: IIB 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 30 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 9, 2015 Received January 12, 2015 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance AN ACT 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the Save American Workers Act of 2015 . 2. Repeal of 30-hour threshold for classification as full-time employee for purposes 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 following new subparagraph: (E) Full-time equivalents treated as full-time employees Solely for purposes 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 determined, include for such month a number of full-time employees determined by dividing the aggregate number of hours of service of employees who are not full-time employees for the month by 174. . (b) Full-Time employees Paragraph (4) of section 4980H(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (1) by repealing subparagraph (A), and (2) by inserting before subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph: (A) In general The term full-time employee means, with respect to any month, an employee who is employed on average at least 40 hours of service per week. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to months beginning after December 31, 2013. 3. Budgetary effects The budgetary effects of this Act shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.

Passed the House of Representatives January 8, 2015. Karen L. Haas, Clerk