[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 116 (Thursday, July 23, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5538]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2285. Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. Cochran, and Mrs. Feinstein) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 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. ___. DISBURSEMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE NATIONAL 
                   TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 
                   ADMINISTRATION.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 1552 of title 31, 
     United States Code, funds made available for the Broadband 
     Technology Opportunities Program (including funds that have 
     expired, but have not been cancelled) under title II of 
     division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 
     2009 (Public Law 111-5) shall remain available for 
     expenditure through fiscal year 2020 for the purpose of 
     liquidating valid obligations of active grants under such 
     program.
       (b) Defined Term.--In this section, the term ``active 
     grants'' means grants for which the period of performance has 
     expired but are not finally closed out.
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