[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 2312. Mr. FLAKE (for himself and Mr. McCain) 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. __. EXTENSION OF COMPLIANCE DEADLINE FOR CARBON DIOXIDE 
                   EMISSIONS RULE.

       (a) Definition of Compliance Date.--
       (1) In general.--In this section, the term ``compliance 
     date'' means the date by which any State, local, or tribal 
     government or other person is required to comply with any 
     requirement in a final rule that succeeds--
       (A) the proposed rule entitled ``Carbon Pollution Emission 
     Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility 
     Generating Units'' (79 Fed. Reg. 34830 (June 18, 2014)); or
       (B) the supplemental proposed rule entitled ``Carbon 
     Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary 
     Sources: EGUs in Indian Country and U.S. Territories; Multi-
     Jurisdictional Partnerships'' (79 Fed. Reg. 65482 (November 
     4, 2014)).
       (2) Inclusion.--The term ``compliance date'' includes the 
     date by which State plans are required to be submitted to the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under 
     any final rule described in paragraph (1).
       (b) Extensions.--If any person files a petition for review 
     to challenge a final rule described in subsection (a)(1), 
     each compliance date shall be extended by the time period 
     equal to the period of days that--
       (1) begins on the date that is 60 days after the date on 
     which notice of promulgation of a final rule described in 
     subsection (a)(1) appears in the Federal Register; and
       (2) ends on the date that is 60 days after the date on 
     which judgment becomes final, and no longer subject to 
     further appeal or review, in all actions (including any 
     action filed pursuant to section 307 of the Clean Air Act (42 
     U.S.C. 7607)) that--
       (A) are filed during the time period described in paragraph 
     (1); and
       (B) seek review of any aspect of the rule.
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