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H.R. 2988 113th Congress House

Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2013

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the definition of full-time employee for purposes of the employer mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Introduced: September 27, 2013 See on congress.gov
Taxation Employee benefits and pensionsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessSales and excise taxes
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Aug 2, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Latest action August 2, 2013

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Forty Hours is Full Time Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the employer mandate to provide health care coverage, to: (1) modify the formula for calculating the number of full-time employees employed by an applicable large employer subject to the mandate; and (2) define a "full-time employee" as an employee who is employed on average at least 40 hours per week (currently, 30 hours).

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 1
ROHRABACHER, DANA
· Mar 10, 2014
RAHALL, NICK
· Feb 21, 2014
Dent, Charles
· Dec 11, 2013
TIBERI, PATRICK
· Oct 11, 2013
Meadows, Mark
· Sep 27, 2013
Barrow, John
· Aug 2, 2013
 D
Duckworth, Tammy
Illinois · Aug 2, 2013
MATHESON, JIM
· Aug 2, 2013
MCINTYRE, MIKE
· Aug 2, 2013
PETERSON, COLLIN
· Aug 2, 2013
Schrader, Kurt
· Aug 2, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2988: Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2988/
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