Student Worker Exemption Act of 2016
Latest action · Jul 5, 2016 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 506.
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.
- IntroducedJan 8, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Student Worker Exemption Act of 2016
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude students who are employed by an institution of higher education (IHE) and carrying a full-time academic workload at the IHE from being counted as full-time employees in calculating the IHE's shared responsibility regarding health care coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Cosponsors 33
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 8, 2015 to Jun 15, 2016; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Original | Jan 8, 2015 |
| R-OH | Michael R. Turner | Original | Jan 8, 2015 |
| D-FL | Patrick Murphy | Original | Jan 8, 2015 |
| R-IL | Peter J. Roskam | Original | Jan 8, 2015 |
| R-WI | Reid J. Ribble | Original | Jan 8, 2015 |
| R-NC | Renee L. Ellmers | Original | Jan 8, 2015 |
| R-NY | Richard L. Hanna | Original | Jan 8, 2015 |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Original | Jan 8, 2015 |
| R-IN | Susan W. Brooks | Original | Jan 8, 2015 |
| R-IN | Todd Rokita | Original | Jan 8, 2015 |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Original | Jan 8, 2015 |
| R-MS | Alan Nunnelee | Jan 13, 2015 | |
| R-SC | Tom Rice | Jan 13, 2015 | |
| R-IL | Aaron Schock | Jan 21, 2015 | |
| R-IN | Luke Messer | Jan 21, 2015 | |
| R-NC | Robert Pittenger | Jan 21, 2015 | |
| R-MS | Steven M. Palazzo | Jan 21, 2015 | |
| R-FL | David W. Jolly | Jan 28, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Carlos Curbelo | Feb 9, 2015 | |
| R-NY | John Katko | Feb 9, 2015 | |
| R-WI | F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Feb 11, 2015 | |
| R-ME | Bruce Poliquin | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| R-AR | J. French Hill | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| R-VA | Bob Goodlatte | Apr 22, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Apr 27, 2015 | |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Jun 10, 2015 | |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | Jul 7, 2015 | |
| R-GA | Rick W. Allen | Jul 8, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | Jul 15, 2015 | |
| R-TN | Diane Black | Feb 23, 2016 | |
| R-OH | James B. Renacci | May 16, 2016 | |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | May 17, 2016 | |
| R-TX | Kenny Marchant | Jun 15, 2016 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jan 8, 2015Markup Jun 15, 2016Reported Jul 5, 2016 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 5, 2016Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-655.
- Jul 5, 2016Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 506.
- Jun 15, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jun 15, 2016Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jan 8, 2015Introduced in House
Research
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 30, 2016H.R. 210, Student Worker Exemption Act of 2016As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on June 15, 2016
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 3, January 8, 2015, page H156.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | TAX-RELATED PROPOSALS TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE89 pages | Ways and Means Committee | May 17, 2016 |
| — | MEMBER PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE U.S. TAX SYSTEM338 pages | Ways and Means Committee | May 12, 2016 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R43981 | The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Employer Shared Responsibility Determination and the Potential Employer Penalty Archived | Report | Apr 22, 2016 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 520 | Student Job Protection Act of 2015 | Related bill | Feb 27, 2015 |
| S 3463 | Student Worker Exemption Act of 2016 | Identical bill | Sep 29, 2016 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt student workers for purposes of determining a higher education institution's employer health care shared responsibility.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Student Worker Exemption Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Student Worker Exemption Act of 2016
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 5, 2016Reported in House
- Jan 8, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. 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.
