STARS Act
Latest action · Feb 16, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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 11, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Simplifying Technical Aspects Regarding Seasonality Act of 2015 or the STARS Act
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt seasonal employees from the definition of "full-time employee" for purposes of the employer mandate to provide employees with minimum essential health care coverage. Defines "seasonal employee" as an employee who is employed in a position for which the customary annual employment is not more than six months and which requires performing labor or services that are ordinarily performed at certain seasons or periods of the year.
Cosponsors 82
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 11, 2015 to Sep 20, 2016; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | Feb 11, 2015 |
| D-OR | Kurt Schrader | Original | Feb 11, 2015 |
| R-KS | Lynn Jenkins | Original | Feb 11, 2015 |
| R-FL | Curt Clawson | Feb 13, 2015 | |
| R-OH | David P. Joyce | Feb 13, 2015 | |
| R-CA | Devin Nunes | Feb 13, 2015 | |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Feb 13, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Feb 13, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Feb 13, 2015 | |
| R-IL | Randy Hultgren | Feb 13, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Richard L. Hanna | Feb 13, 2015 | |
| R-CO | Scott R. Tipton | Feb 13, 2015 | |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Feb 13, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Feb 17, 2015 | |
| R-GA | Austin Scott | Feb 24, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Chris Collins | Feb 24, 2015 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Feb 26, 2015 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Feb 26, 2015 | |
| R-IN | Susan W. Brooks | Feb 26, 2015 | |
| R-OH | Bob Gibbs | Mar 2, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Mar 2, 2015 | |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Mar 2, 2015 | |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Mar 2, 2015 | |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | Mar 2, 2015 | |
| D-FL | Patrick Murphy | Mar 2, 2015 | |
| R-MS | Steven M. Palazzo | Mar 2, 2015 | |
| R-IL | Aaron Schock | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Daniel Webster | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| R-WA | David G. Reichert | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Dennis A. Ross | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Lou Barletta | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| R-WI | Reid J. Ribble | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| R-OH | Robert E. Latta | Mar 16, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Carlos Curbelo | Mar 23, 2015 | |
| R-MI | Bill Huizenga | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| R-ME | Bruce Poliquin | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| R-IN | Jackie Walorski | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| R-AR | Steve Womack | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| R-SD | Kristi L. Noem | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| R-MN | Tom Emmer | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| R-TN | Diane Black | Apr 28, 2015 | |
| R-VA | E. Scott Rigell | Apr 28, 2015 | |
| R-NC | George Holding | Apr 28, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | May 5, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | May 5, 2015 | |
| R-MI | Dan Benishek | May 12, 2015 | |
| R-IN | Todd Young | May 12, 2015 | |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | May 19, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | May 19, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Kenny Marchant | May 19, 2015 | |
| R-MO | Blaine Luetkemeyer | Jun 15, 2015 | |
| R-MO | Sam Graves | Jun 15, 2015 | |
| R-GA | Rick W. Allen | Jul 14, 2015 | |
| R-MO | Vicky Hartzler | Jul 22, 2015 | |
| R-WV | Evan H. Jenkins | Jul 29, 2015 | |
| R-MO | Jason Smith | Jul 29, 2015 | |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Sep 10, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Sep 10, 2015 | |
| R-MN | Erik Paulsen | Sep 11, 2015 | |
| R-GA | Tom Price | Sep 11, 2015 | |
| R-KY | Brett Guthrie | Sep 17, 2015 | |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Sep 17, 2015 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Oct 22, 2015 | |
| R-LA | Charles W. Boustany, Jr. | Nov 3, 2015 | |
| R-MS | Gregg Harper | Nov 3, 2015 | |
| R-MI | Mike Bishop | Dec 9, 2015 | |
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | Dec 16, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Tom Reed | Feb 10, 2016 | |
| R-VA | Bob Goodlatte | Mar 2, 2016 | |
| R-NC | Robert Pittenger | Mar 22, 2016 | |
| R-CO | Mike Coffman | Apr 13, 2016 | |
| R-MT | Ryan K. Zinke | Apr 13, 2016 | |
| R-IN | Todd Rokita | May 10, 2016 | |
| R-KS | Tim Huelskamp | May 11, 2016 | |
| R-MI | John R. Moolenaar | May 25, 2016 | |
| R-OK | Markwayne Mullin | Jul 12, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Jul 12, 2016 | |
| R-NY | Christopher P. Gibson | Sep 20, 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 Feb 11, 2015 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 16, 2015 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 16, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 11, 2015Introduced in House
- Feb 11, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 23, February 11, 2015, page H982.
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 114-49 | FOCUS ON THE FARM ECONOMY488 pages | Agriculture Committee | Apr 14, 2016–May 24, 2016 |
| — | OBAMACARE IMPLEMENTATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FY16 BUDGET REQUEST146 pages | Ways and Means Committee | Jun 10, 2015 |
| — | THE INDIVIDUAL AND EMPLOYER MANDATES IN THE PRESIDENT'S HEALTH CARE LAW87 pages | Ways and Means Committee | Apr 14, 2015 |
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.
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 simplify the treatment of seasonal positions for purposes of the employer shared responsibility requirement.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- STARS Act
- Simplifying Technical Aspects Regarding Seasonality Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 11, 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.
