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S 701 113th Congress Senate Taxation Employee benefits and pensions Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Sales and excise taxes

Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2013

Introduced: April 10, 2013 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
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Apr 10, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 10, 2013
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2567-2568)
Apr 10, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 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).

What's happening now April 10, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 2575 Related bill Save American Workers Act of 2014
  • HR 2988 Identical bill Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2013
  • S 1188 Identical bill Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2013
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Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · May 16, 2013
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