[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 115 (Wednesday, July 22, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5472]
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SA 2279. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Wicker) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 22, to amend
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health
coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken
into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the
employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION MAY PROMULGATE A
RULEMAKING TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM LENGTH
LIMITATION THAT A STATE MAY PRESCRIBE FOR A
TRUCK TRACTOR-SEMITRAILER-TRAILER COMBINATION
UNDER SECTION 31111(B)(1)(A) OF TITLE 49,
UNITED STATES CODE, FROM 28 FEET TO 33 FEET IF
THE SECRETARY MAKES A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT
FINDING, BASED ON THE FINAL COMPREHENSIVE TRUCK
SIZE AND WEIGHT LIMITS STUDY REQUIRED UNDER
SECTION 32801 OF THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE
SAFETY ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2012 (TITLE II OF
DIVISION C OF PUBLIC LAW 112-141), THAT SUCH
CHANGE WOULD NOT HAVE A NET NEGATIVE IMPACT ON
PUBLIC SAFETY.
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