[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 116 (Thursday, July 23, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5550]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2311. Mr. FLAKE 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. ___. PROHIBITION ON EARMARKS.

       (a) In General.--None of the funds appropriated under this 
     Act or an amendment made by this Act may be used for an 
     earmark.
       (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``earmark'' 
     means--
       (1) a congressionally directed spending item, as defined in 
     rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate; and
       (2) a congressional earmark, as defined in rule XXI of the 
     Rules of the House of Representatives.
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