S. 1782 · 115th Congress
Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2017
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5 cosponsors · 2 D, 3 R
1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
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…
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Sep 7, 2017
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).
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2017
Latest action (Sep 7, 2017): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Policy area: Taxation · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Sep 7, 2017
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.