[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 118 (Sunday, July 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5715]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2355. Mr. MERKLEY 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:

       In subsection (d)(3)(A) of section 31203 (relating to 
     consolidated research prospectus and strategic plan), strike 
     clauses (iii) through (vi) and insert the following:
       (iii) preserving the environment;
       (iv) improving mobility;
       (v) preserving the existing transportation system;
       (vi) improving the durability and extending the life of 
     transportation infrastructure; and
       (vii) improving goods movement;
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