,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cfhe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #aj1       
#bjac,mr4 ,barletta 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,meehan1 ,mr4 ,lo,biondo1 ,mr4 ,runyan1 
,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4 ,perry1 ,mr4    
,thompson of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,lance1
 ,mr4 ,joyce1 ,mr4 ,simpson1 ,mr4       
,renacci1 ,mr4 ,meadows1 ,mr4 ,gerlach1 
,mr4 ,jones1 ,mr4 ,bachus1 ,mrs4 ,noem1 
,mrs4 ,miller of ,michigan1 ,mr4        
,huizenga of ,michigan1 ,mr4 ,grimm1    
,mr4 ,austin ,scott of ,georgia1 ,mr4   
,rodney ,davis of ,illinois1 ,mr4       
,hanna1 ,mr4 ,mc,kinley1 ,mrs4          
,walorski1 ,mr4 ,fincher1 ,mr4 ,cotton1 
,mr4 ,shuster1 ,mr4 ,gardner1 ,mr4      
,pitts1 ,mr4 ,collins of ,new ,york1    
,mr4 ,marino1 and ,mr4 ,barr7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,ways and ,means   
,a ,,bill  ,to ensure that emergency    
services volunteers are not counted as  
full-time employees under the shared    
responsibility requirements contained in

 the ,patient ,protection and           
,affordable ,care ,act4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,protecting ,volunteer ,firefighters and
 ,emergency ,responders ,act4  #b4      
,emergency services volunteers  7a7 ,in 
general ,section #dihj;,h7c77#d7 of the 
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7,c7 ,exception  7i7 ,in    
general ,for purposes of this section1 a
 qualified emergency services volunteer 
shall not be counted in determining the 
number of full-time employees who are   
employed by an employer4  7ii7          
,definition of qualified emergency      
services volunteer ,the term qualified  
emergency services volunteer means any  
bona fide volunteer1 as defined by      
paragraph 7#aa77;,b77i7 of section      
#deg7;e7 performing fire fighting and   
prevention services1 emergency medical  
services1 or ambulance services for an  
eligible employer1 as defined by        
paragraph 7#a7 of such section4  4  7b7 

,rule of construction ,nothing in this  
section1 or the amendment made by this  
section1 shall be construed to modify   
the treatment of qualified emergency    
services volunteers 7as defined in      
subparagraph 7,c7 of section            
#dihj;,h7c77#d7 of the ,internal        
,revenue ,code of #aihf1 as added by    
subsection 7a77 in any capacity other   
than the treatment of such volunteers   
under the shared responsibility         
provision for employers with respect to 
health coverage under the ,patient      
,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act4