Fairness for Farmers Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-1387
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2015-03-17
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions

Foreign labor

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor

Sales and excise taxes
Latest action: action_date: 2015-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-03-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Fairness for Farmers Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude nonimmigrant agricultural seasonal workers from the definition of "full-time employee" for purposes of the employer mandate to provide employees with minimum essential health care coverage.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1387 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 17, 2015 Mrs. Ellmers of North Carolina (for herself, Mr. Whitfield , Mr. Hurt of Virginia , Mr. Gibbs , Mr. LaMalfa , Mr. Rouzer , Mr. Tipton , and Mr. Jones ) 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 for the determination of the employer mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act without regard to alien agricultural seasonal workers.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fairness for Farmers Act of 2015 . 2. Determination of employer mandate without regard to alien agricultural seasonal workers (a) In general Section 4980H(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (C) Exception for certain alien agricultural seasonal workers In the case of any alien having status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) )— (i) the term full-time employee shall not include such individual, and (ii) such individual shall not be taken into account under paragraph (2)(E). . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to months beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.