US Congress House Bill 3685 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 89-18-1)
Status: Introduced on December 10 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-01-08 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H65-66, H66-67, H68)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that a qualified emergency services volunteer shall not be counted in determining the number of full-time employees of an employer for the purpose of shared responsibility requirements for employers with respect to health coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Defines "qualified emergency services volunteer" as a bona fide volunteer performing fire fighting and prevention services, emergency medical services, or ambulance services.

Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act

Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Spencer Bachus [R-AL]	Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]
Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]
Rep. John Carney [D-DE]	Rep. John Carter [R-TX]	Rep. Howard Coble [R-NC]	Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]
Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]
Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Stephen Fincher [R-TN]	Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Charles Fleischmann [R-TN]
Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]	Sen. Cory Gardner [R-CO]	Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]
Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]	Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. Tim Griffin [R-AR]	Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]
Rep. Michael Grimm [R-NY]	Rep. Ralph Hall [R-TX]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]
Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Tim Huelskamp [R-KS]	Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]
Rep. Robert Hurt [R-VA]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. Raul Labrador [R-ID]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]	Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]
Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]	Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]
Rep. Daniel Maffei [D-NY]	Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. Thomas Massie [R-KY]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]
Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]
Rep. John Mica [R-FL]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]	Rep. Mick Mulvaney [R-SC]
Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Kristi Noem [R-SD]	Rep. Alan Nunnelee [R-MS]	Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]
Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Rep. Robert Pittenger [R-NC]	Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]
Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]	Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]	Rep. James Renacci [R-OH]
Rep. Martha Roby [R-AL]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]	Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]
Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Jon Runyan [R-NJ]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]
Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]	Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]	Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]	Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]
Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]	Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]
Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]	Rep. Brad Wenstrup [R-OH]	Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]	Rep. Ed Whitfield [R-KY]
Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Steve Womack [R-AR]	Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-01-08	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H65-66, H66-67, H68)
2013-12-10	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

SB1798 (Same As) 2013-12-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB3979 (Related) 2014-12-19 - Became Public Law No: 113-291.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3685/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3685/BILLS-113hr3685ih.pdf