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S 38 114th Congress Senate

Helping Individuals Regain Employment Act

Official title: A bill to ensure that long-term unemployed individuals are not taken into account for purposes of the employer health care coverage mandate.

Introduced: January 7, 2015 Introduced by: Thune, John Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
Taxation Employee benefits and pensionsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessSales and excise taxesUnemployment
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 Latest action January 7, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Helping Individuals Regain Employment Act

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the definition of "full-time employee," for purposes of the employer mandate to provide minimum essential health care coverage, any individual who is a long-term unemployed individual. Defines "long-term unemployed individual" as an individual who begins employment after enactment of this Act and has been unemployed for 27 weeks or longer.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 440 Identical bill Helping Individuals Regain Employment Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 3
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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Jan 8, 2015
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Fischer, Deb
Nebraska · Jan 7, 2015
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Jan 7, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 38: Helping Individuals Regain Employment Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-38/
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"S. 38: Helping Individuals Regain Employment Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-38/.
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S. 38, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-38/.
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