[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 106 (Thursday, July 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4976-S4977]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2206. Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mrs. Fischer) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. 
Alexander (for himself and Mrs. Murray) to the bill S. 1177, to 
reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to 
ensure that every child achieves; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       At the end of part B of title X, add the following:

     SEC. ___. CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS EXEMPT FROM 
                   EMPLOYER HEALTH INSURANCE MANDATE.

       (a) Exemption.--

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       (1) In general.--Section 4980H(c)(2) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subparagraph:
       ``(F) Exception for certain educational institutions.--The 
     term `applicable large employer' shall not include--
       ``(i) any elementary school or secondary school (as such 
     terms are defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965),
       ``(ii) any local educational agency or State educational 
     agency (as such terms are defined in section 9101 of such 
     Act), and
       ``(iii) any institution of higher education (as such term 
     is defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 
     1965).''.
       (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by this subsection 
     shall apply to months beginning after December 31, 2014.
       (b) Study of Impact on Education.--The Secretary of 
     Education shall--
       (1) study the impact of the employer health insurance 
     mandate under section 4980H of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of 
     this Act and the impact of such mandate as in effect on the 
     day after the date of enactment of this Act on--
       (A) in coordination with the national assessment of title I 
     under section 1501 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
     Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6491), the ability of State 
     educational agencies, local educational agencies, elementary 
     schools, and secondary schools to meet the purposes of title 
     I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
     U.S.C. 6301 et seq.); and
       (B) in coordination with the annual data collection 
     conducted through the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 
     System described in section 132(i)(4) of the Higher Education 
     Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1015a(i)(4)), the ability of 
     institutions of higher education to maintain academic 
     programs; and
       (2) not later than one year after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, submit separate written reports to Congress with 
     respect to the studies conducted under subparagraphs (A) and 
     (B) of paragraph (1).
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