[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 116 (Thursday, July 23, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5540]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2290. Mr. BROWN 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. ____. REDUCTION OF APPORTIONMENT FOR CERTAIN FEDERAL-AID 
                   HIGHWAY PROGRAMS.

       Section 104 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(h) Reduction of Apportionment for Certain Federal-aid 
     Highway Programs.--The amount apportioned to a State under 
     paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) shall be reduced by 
     an amount equal to 5 percent of those funds--
       ``(1) effective beginning on October 1 of the first fiscal 
     year beginning after the date of enactment of this 
     subsection, for each fiscal year in which the State issues a 
     license plate that contains an image of a flag of the 
     Confederate States of America, including the Battle Flag of 
     the Confederate States of America; and
       ``(2) effective beginning on October 1 of the second fiscal 
     year beginning after the date of enactment of this 
     subsection, for each fiscal year in which the State allows a 
     license plate described in paragraph (1) and issued by the 
     State before the first fiscal year referred to in that 
     paragraph to be displayed on a motor vehicle registered in 
     the State.''.
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