[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 91 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3957]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1924. Mr. DAINES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1085. EXEMPTION OF INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS FROM 
                   EMPLOYER MANDATE.

       (a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 4980H(c) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new subparagraph:
       ``(F) Certain indian employers.--The term `applicable large 
     employer' does not include--
       ``(i) any Indian tribal government (as defined in section 
     7701(a)(40)), or
       ``(ii) any enterprise or institution owned and operated by 
     an Indian tribe (as defined in section 45A(c)(6)).''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall apply to calendar years beginning after December 31, 
     2014
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