[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 117 (Friday, July 24, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5692-S5693]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2343. Mr. GARDNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2266 proposed by Mr. McConnell 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 C of title I, add the following:

     SEC. 11210. HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.

       (a) Definition of Preventive Maintenance.--Section 
     116(a)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
     striking ``activities'' and inserting ``maintenance 
     activities and the appropriate safety equipment to complete 
     such maintenance activities''.
       (b) Eligible Surface Transportation Program Projects.--
     Section 133(b)(7) of such title is amended by inserting ``and 
     capital costs for fixed and mobile'' after ``installation 
     of''.
       (c) Highway Safety Improvement Projects.--Section 148(a)(4) 
     of such title is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``activities,'' and 
     inserting ``maintenance activities, the safety equipment 
     approved to complete such activities,'';
       (2) in subparagraph (B)--
       (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ``, but 
     is not limited to, a project'' and inserting ``a project or 
     maintenance activity''; and

[[Page S5693]]

       (B) by amending clause (xvi) to read as follows:
       ``(xvi) Installation and capital costs of guardrails, fixed 
     and mobile barriers (including fixed and mobile barriers 
     between construction work zones and traffic lanes for the 
     safety of road users and workers), crash attenuators, and 
     other safety equipment .''.
                                 ______