Helping Individuals Regain Employment Act

Summary

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.

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Timeline

1. 7 January 2015

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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2. 7 January 2015

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 7 January 2015 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

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• Introduced in Senate

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Sponsors

• John Thune · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Roberts, Pat [R-KS-1] · R · Sponsor
• Chuck Grassley · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK-1] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] · R · Sponsor
• Deb Fischer · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] · R · Sponsor
• Roger Wicker · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] · R · Cosponsor
• · ssfi00 · Standing

Related records

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