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HR 2443 113th Congress House

Safeguarding Children Harmed by Obamacare's Onerous Levies Act

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain educational institutions from the employer health insurance mandate.

Introduced: June 19, 2013 See on congress.gov
Taxation Comprehensive health careElementary and secondary educationEmployee benefits and pensionsHealth care costs and insurance
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Health care coverage and accessHigher educationSales and excise taxesTeaching, teachers, curricula
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 23, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 19, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jun 19, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 23, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Safeguarding Children Harmed by Obamacare's Onerous Levies Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the definition of "applicable large employer" for purposes of the employer mandate to provide health care coverage for employees: (1) any elementary or secondary school, (2) any for-profit school which would be an elementary or secondary school if it were nonprofit, (3) any state or local educational agency, and (4) any institution of higher education (other than institutions outside of the United States).

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 4775 Related bill Safeguarding Classrooms Hurt by ObamaCare's Obligatory Levies
  • S 2462 Related bill Safeguarding Classrooms Hurt by ObamaCare's Obligatory Levies
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 1
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Daines, Steve
Montana · Dec 12, 2013
Bucshon, Larry
· Jun 28, 2013
Brooks, Susan
· Jun 19, 2013
Rokita, Todd
· Jun 19, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2443: Safeguarding Children Harmed by Obamacare's Onerous Levies Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2443/
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"H.R. 2443: Safeguarding Children Harmed by Obamacare's Onerous Levies Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2443/.
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H.R. 2443, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2443/.
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