[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1782 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1782

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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 7, 2017

  Ms. Collins (for herself and Mr. Donnelly) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE.

    Section 4980H(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)(E), by striking ``by 120'' and 
        inserting ``by 174''; and
            (2) in paragraph (4)(A) by striking ``30 hours'' and 
        inserting ``40 hours''.
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