[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 116 (Thursday, July 23, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5552]
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SA 2317. Mr. TOOMEY 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 end of subtitle A of title I, add the following:
SEC. 10__. EMERGENCY EXEMPTIONS.
Any road, highway, railway, bridge, or transit facility
that is damaged by an emergency that is declared by the
Governor of the State and concurred in by the Secretary of
Homeland Security or declared as an emergency by the
President pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) and
that is in operation or under construction on the date on
which the emergency occurs--
(1) may be reconstructed in the same location with the same
capacity, dimensions, and design as before the emergency; and
(2) shall be exempt from any environmental reviews,
approvals, licensing, and permit requirements under--
(A) the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.);
(B) sections 402 and 404 of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342, 1344);
(C) division A of subtitle III of title 54, United States
Code;
(D) the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.);
(E) the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1271 et
seq.);
(F) the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. 661
et seq.);
(G) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.), except when the reconstruction occurs in designated
critical habitat for threatened and endangered species;
(H) Executive Order 11990 (42 U.S.C. 4321 note; relating to
the protection of wetland); and
(I) any Federal law (including regulations) requiring no
net loss of wetland.
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