[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 2289. Mr. WICKER (for himself and Mr. Booker) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2266 submitted by Mr. 
McConnell and intended to be proposed 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:

       On page 33, line 25, strike ``65 percent''and ``64 
     percent''.
       On page 34, line 2, strike ``29 percent'' and insert ``30 
     percent''.
       On page 41, line 3, strike ``55 percent'' and insert ``67 
     percent''.
       On page 41, line 8, strike ``45 percent'' and insert ``33 
     percent''.
       On page 41, strike lines 10 through 15 and insert the 
     following:
       (B) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:
       ``(3) Access to funds for areas of under 200,000 
     population.--For purposes of clauses (ii) and (iii) of 
     paragraph (1)(A), excluding funds a State has suballocated to 
     metropolitan areas in the areas in described in those 
     clauses, before obligating funding for an area with a 
     population of less than 200,000, each State, in coordination 
     with local interested parties, shall carry out an open and 
     transparent competitive grant process to allow local 
     governments, metropolitan planning organizations, regional 
     transportation authorities, transit agencies, regional 
     transportation planning organizations, and tribal governments 
     to submit projects for funding that achieve the objectives 
     established by the State and the relevant metropolitan 
     planning organization for the performance-based planning 
     process.'';
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