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S 1782 115th Congress Senate

Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2017

Official title: A bill 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: November 7, 2017 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
Taxation Employee benefits and pensionsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and accessSales and excise taxes
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 Latest action September 7, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Forty Hours is Full Time Act of 2017

This bill 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 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Barrasso, John
Wyoming · Nov 7, 2017
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Young, Todd
Indiana · Sep 14, 2017
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