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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jul 15, 2015
Tribal Employment and Jobs Protection Act
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the definition of "applicable large employer" for purposes of the employer health care mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA): (1) any Indian tribal government or subdivision, (2) any tribal organization, or (3) any corporation or partnership if more than 50% of the equity interest of such an entity is owned by an Indian tribal government or tribal organization. An applicable large employer is defined by PPACA as an employer who employs 50 or more full-time employees who provide services on average at least 30 hours per week.
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Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] · R–MT
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in Senate
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