[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 118 (Sunday, July 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5724]
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  SA 2386. Mr. ENZI (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, and Mr. Hatch) 
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 division F, add the following:

                   TITLE LXII--ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS

     SEC. 62001. PAYMENTS FROM ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND.

       Section 411(h) of the Surface Mining Control and 
     Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1240a(h)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)(C)--
       (A) by striking ``Payments'' and inserting the following:
       ``(i) In general.--Payments''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(ii) Certain payments required.--Not withstanding any 
     other provision of this Act, as soon as practicable, of the 7 
     equal installments referred to in clause (i), the Secretary 
     shall pay to any certified State or Indian tribe to which the 
     total annual payment under this subsection was limited to 
     $15,000,000 in 2013 and $28,000,000 in fiscal year 2014--

       ``(I) the final 2 installments in 2 separate payments of 
     $82,700,000 each; and
       ``(II) 2 separate payments of $38,250,000 each.''; and

       (2) by striking paragraphs (5) and (6).
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