[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 117 (Friday, July 24, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5696]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2349. Mr. HATCH 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 division F, add the following:

     SEC. __. SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY SELF-
                   DETERMINATION PROGRAM.

       (a) Secure Payments for States and Counties Containing 
     Federal Land.--
       (1) Calculation of payments.--Section 101 of the Secure 
     Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 
     (16 U.S.C. 7111) is amended by striking ``2015'' each place 
     it appears and inserting ``2017''.
       (2) Elections.--Section 102(b) of the Secure Rural Schools 
     and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 
     7112(b)) is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (1)(C)--
       (i) in the heading, by striking ``Effect of late payment 
     for fiscal years 2014 and 2015'' and inserting ``Payment for 
     fiscal years 2014 through 2017''; and
       (ii) by striking ``fiscal year 2014 or 2015'' and inserting 
     ``fiscal years 2014 through 2017''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and 2015'' and 
     inserting ``through 2017''; and
       (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``2015'' and 
     inserting ``2017''.
       (3) Notification of election.--Section 102(d) of the Secure 
     Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 
     (16 U.S.C. 7112(d)) is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (1)(E)--
       (i) in the heading, by striking ``Effect of late payment 
     for fiscal year 2014'' and inserting ``Payment for fiscal 
     years 2014 through 2017''; and
       (ii) by striking ``and 2015'' and inserting ``through 
     2017''; and
       (B) in paragraph (3)(C)--
       (i) in the heading, by striking ``Effect of late payment 
     for fiscal year 2014'' and inserting ``Payment for fiscal 
     years 2014 through 2017''; and
       (ii) by striking ``and 2015'' and inserting ``through 
     2017''.
       (4) Distribution of payments to eligible counties.--Section 
     103(d)(2) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
     Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7113(d)(2)) is amended 
     by striking ``2015'' and inserting ``2017''.
       (b) Continuation of Authority to Conduct Special Projects 
     on Federal Land.--Section 208 of the Secure Rural Schools and 
     Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7128) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``2017'' and inserting 
     ``2019''; and
       (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``2018'' and inserting 
     ``2020''.
       (c) Continuation of Authority to Use County Funds.--Section 
     304 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
     Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7144) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``2017'' and inserting 
     ``2019''; and
       (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``2018'' and inserting 
     ``2020''.
       (d) No Reduction in Payment.--Title IV of the Secure Rural 
     Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 
     U.S.C. 7151 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

     ``SEC. 404. NO REDUCTION IN PAYMENTS.

       ``Payments under this Act for fiscal year 2016 and each 
     fiscal year thereafter shall be exempt from direct spending 
     reductions under section 251A of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a).''.
       (e) Offset.--[Reserved]

     SEC. __. PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--Section 6906 of title 31, United States 
     Code, is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
     striking ``2014'' and inserting ``2016''.
       (b) Offset.--[Reserved]
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