HR 769 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Safeguarding Classrooms Hurt by ObamaCare's Obligatory Levies

Introduced Feb 5, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Luke Messer R-IN

Latest action · Feb 5, 2015 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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.

IntroducedFeb 5, 2015
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Safeguarding Classrooms Hurt by ObamaCare's Obligatory Levies

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude any elementary or secondary school, state or local educational agency, and institution of higher education from the definition of "applicable large employer" for purposes of the employer mandate to provide health care coverage for employees.

Directs the Secretary of Education to study and report on the impact of the employer health insurance mandate on educational agencies and institutions before and after the enactment of this Act.

Cosponsors 23

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 5, 2015 to Jun 8, 2016; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-AL	Bradley Byrne	Original	Feb 5, 2015
R-KY	Brett Guthrie	Original	Feb 5, 2015
R-TN	David P. Roe	Original	Feb 5, 2015
R-CA	Duncan Hunter	Original	Feb 5, 2015
R-SC	Joe Wilson	Original	Feb 5, 2015
R-MN	John Kline	Original	Feb 5, 2015
R-IN	Larry Bucshon	Original	Feb 5, 2015
R-AZ	Matt Salmon	Original	Feb 5, 2015
R-UT	Rob Bishop	Original	Feb 5, 2015
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo	Original	Feb 5, 2015
R-IN	Susan W. Brooks	Original	Feb 5, 2015
R-MI	Tim Walberg	Original	Feb 5, 2015
R-IN	Todd Rokita	Original	Feb 5, 2015
R-GA	Rick W. Allen		Mar 2, 2015
R-IL	Rodney Davis		Mar 3, 2015
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Oct 27, 2015
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Dec 9, 2015
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher		Dec 10, 2015
R-AZ	Trent Franks		Dec 10, 2015
R-ME	Bruce Poliquin		Dec 17, 2015
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Dec 17, 2015
R-SD	Kristi L. Noem		May 17, 2016
R-OH	James B. Renacci		Jun 8, 2016

Committees 2

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 Feb 5, 2015
House	Education and Workforce Committee	Referred Feb 5, 2015

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 5, 2015Introduced in House
Feb 5, 2015Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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.

Constitutional authority

[Pages H856-H857] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] By Mr. MESSER: H.R. 769. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, which empowers Congress, in part, to ``lay and collect Taxes'' and ``provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States. . .'' The bill will exempt certain educational institutions from taxes imposed by public Law 111-148, as amended. Congress has the power to repeal such taxes and provide for the general welfare of those who have been and will be harmed by their imposition.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 20, February 5, 2015, page H857.

Printed hearings 1

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

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 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 470	Safeguarding Classrooms Hurt by ObamaCare's Obligatory Levies	Related bill	Feb 12, 2015

Titles 2

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 certain educational institutions from the employer health insurance mandate, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Safeguarding Classrooms Hurt by ObamaCare's Obligatory Levies

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 5, 2015Introduced in House

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