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Calendar No. 350
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 2575
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 7, 2014
Received and read the first time
April 8, 2014
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
AN ACT
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 30-hour threshold for classification as a full-time employee for purposes of the employer mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and replace it with 40 hours.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Save American Workers Act of 2014
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Repeal of 30-hour threshold for classification as full-time employee for purposes of the employer mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and replacement with 40 hours
Full-Time equivalents
Paragraph (2) of section 4980H(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—
by repealing subparagraph (E), and
by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new subparagraph:
Full-time equivalents treated as full-time employees
Solely for purposes of determining whether an employer is an applicable large employer under this paragraph, an employer shall, in addition to the number of full-time employees for any month otherwise determined, include for such month a number of full-time employees determined by dividing the aggregate number of hours of service of employees who are not full-time employees for the month by 174.
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Full-Time employees
Paragraph (4) of section 4980H(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—
by repealing subparagraph (A), and
by inserting before subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph:
In general
The term full-time employee means, with respect to any month, an employee who is employed on average at least 40 hours of service per week.
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Effective date
The amendments made by this section shall apply to months beginning after December 31, 2013.
Passed the House of Representatives April 3, 2014.
Karen L. Haas,
Clerk.
April 8, 2014
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
