American Job Protection Act

Bill: 114-s-305
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2015-01-29
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business records

Comprehensive health care

Employee benefits and pensions

Government information and archives

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Sales and excise taxes

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2015-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-29
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>American Job Protection Act</b></p> <p>Repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, as added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, that: (1) impose fines on large employers (employers with 50 or more full-time employees) who fail to offer their full-time employees the opportunity to enroll in minimum essential health insurance coverage, and (2) require large employers to file a report with the Department of the Treasury on health insurance coverage provided to their full-time employees. Applies the Internal Revenue Code as if those provisions had never been enacted.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 305 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 29, 2015 Mr. Hatch (for himself, Mr. Alexander , Ms. Ayotte , Mr. Barrasso , Mr. Blunt , Mr. Burr , Mrs. Capito , Mr. Coats , Mr. Cochran , Ms. Collins , Mr. Cornyn , Mr. Crapo , Mrs. Fischer , Mr. Flake , Mr. Gardner , Mr. Grassley , Mr. Inhofe , Mr. Isakson , Mr. Kirk , Mr. Moran , Mr. Portman , Mr. Roberts , Mr. Rubio , Mr. Scott , Mr. Thune , Mr. Toomey , Mr. Vitter , Mr. Wicker , and Mr. Risch ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To protect American job creation by striking the Federal mandate on employers to offer health insurance.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the American Job Protection Act . 2. Protect job creation Sections 1513 and 1514 and subsections (e), (f), and (g) of section 10106 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (and the amendments made by such sections and subsections) are repealed and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be applied and administered as if such provisions and amendments had never been enacted.