Latest action · May 15, 2014Cloture motion on the measure withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate. (consideration: CR S3064)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date
was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the
date it carried.
IntroducedNov 13, 2013
Passed HouseMar 11, 2014
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here, with an updated short title.)
Hire More Heroes Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit an employer, for purposes of determining whether such employer is an applicable large employer and thus required to provide health care coverage to its employees under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to exclude employees who have coverage under a health care program administered by the Department of Defense (DOD), including TRICARE, or the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Recorded votes 2
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
May 15, 2014Cloture motion on the measure withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate. (consideration: CR S3064)
May 14, 2014Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S2984-2993, S3018)
May 14, 2014Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S3018)
May 14, 2014Measure laid before Senate by motion. (consideration: CR S3018-3019)
May 14, 2014Motion by Senator Reid to commit to Senate Committee on Finance with instructions to report back forthwith with the following amendment (SA 3093) made in Senate. (consideration: CR S3018-3019; text: CR S3018)
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates,
the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H7052.
CRS reports 5
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 5
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of the employer mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Short Titles as Introduced
Hire More Heroes Act of 2013
Short Titles as Passed House
Hire More Heroes Act of 2014
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
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Records come from
this bill on Congress.gov
and govinfo.gov; cost estimates
are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed
hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
