[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 117 (Friday, July 24, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5694]
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  SA 2347. Mr. BLUMENTHAL 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:

       Strike section 35102 and (relating to national 
     infrastructure and safety investments) and insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 35102. NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY INVESTMENTS.

       (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated out 
     of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
     Account) for grants under chapter 244 of title 49, United 
     States Code, $570,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 
     through 2021.
       (b) Project Management Oversight.--The Secretary may 
     withhold up to 1 percent from the amount made available under 
     subsection (a) for the costs of project management oversight 
     of grants carried out under chapter 244 of title 49, United 
     States Code.
       (c) Applicability of Title 23.--Funds authorized by 
     subsection (a) shall--
       (1) be available for obligation in the same manner as if 
     the funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, 
     United States Code, except that the Federal share payable on 
     account of any project or activity carried out with funds 
     made available under this section shall be no greater than 80 
     percent;
       (2) remain available until expended;
       (3) not be subject to any limitation on obligation; and
       (4) not be transferable.
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