,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bghb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #af1 #bjai,mrs4 
,walorski 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,lipinski1 
,mr4 ,kelly of ,pennsylvania1 and ,mr4  
,peterson7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend the ,internal ,revenue
 ,code of #aihf to repeal the #cj-;hour 
threshold for classification as a       
full-time employee for purposes of the  
employer mandate in the ,patient        
,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act  
and replace it with #dj hours4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,employee ,flexibility ,act of      
#bjai4  #b4 ,repeal of #cj-;hour        
threshold for classification as         
full-time employee for purposes of the  
employer mandate in the ,patient        
,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act  
and replacement with #dj hours  7a7     
,full-,time equivalents ,paragraph 7#b7 
of section #dihj;,h7c7 of the ,internal 

,revenue ,code of #aihf is amended--    
7#a7 by repealing subparagraph 7,e72 and
  7#b7 by inserting after subparagraph  
7,d7 the following new subparagraph3    
7,e7 ,full-time equivalents treated as  
full-time employees ,solely for purposes
 of determining whether an employer is  
an applicable large employer under this 
paragraph1 an employer shall1 in        
addition to the number of full-time     
employees for any month otherwise       
determined1 include for such month a    
number of full-time employees determined
 by dividing the aggregate number of    
hours of service of employees who are   
not full-time employees for the month by
 #agd4  4  7b7 ,full-,time employees    
,paragraph 7#d7 of section #dihj;,h7c7  
of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf
 is amended-- 7#a7 by repealing         
subparagraph 7,a72 and  7#b7 by         
inserting before subparagraph 7,b7 the  
following new subparagraph3  7,a7 ,in   
general ,the term full-time employee    
means1 with respect to any month1 an    

employee who is employed on average at  
least #dj hours of service per week4  4 
7c7 ,effective date ,the amendments made
 by this section shall apply to months  
beginning after ,december #ca1 #bjah4