[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 118 (Sunday, July 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5724]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2387. Mr. COATS 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:

       In the appropriate place, strike paragraphs (5) through 
     (26) of section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code, and 
     insert the following:
       ``(5) Highway and transit safety infrastructure 
     improvements and programs, installation of safety barriers 
     and nets on bridges, hazard eliminations, projects to 
     mitigate hazards caused by wildlife, and railway-highway 
     grade crossings.
       ``(6) Highway and transit research and development and 
     technology transfer programs.
       ``(7) Capital and operating costs for traffic monitoring, 
     management, and control facilities and programs, including 
     advanced truck stop electrification systems.
       ``(8) Surface transportation planning programs.
       ``(9) Transportation alternatives.
       ``(10) Transportation control measures listed in section 
     108 (f)(1)(A) (other than clause (xvi)) of the Clean Air Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 7408 (f)(1)(A)).
       ``(11) Development and establishment of management systems.
       ``(12) Environmental mitigation efforts relating to 
     projects funded under this title in the same manner and to 
     the same extent as such activities are eligible under 
     section119 (g).
       ``(13) Projects relating to intersections that--
       ``(A) have disproportionately high accident rates;
       ``(B) have high levels of congestion, as evidenced by--
       ``(i) interrupted traffic flow at the intersection; and
       ``(ii) a level of service rating that is not better than 
     ``F'' during peak travel hours, calculated in accordance with 
     the Highway Capacity Manual issued by the Transportation 
     Research Board; and
       ``(C) are located on a Federal-aid highway.
       ``(14) Infrastructure-based intelligent transportation 
     systems capital improvements.
       ``(15) Projects and strategies designed to support 
     congestion pricing, including electric toll collection and 
     travel demand management strategies and programs.''.
       (16) Border infrastructure projects eligible for funding 
     under section 1303 of the SAFETEA-LU (23 U.S.C. 101 note; 
     Public Law 109-59).
       (17) Development and implementation of a State asset 
     management plan for the National Highway System in accordance 
     with section 119, including data collection, maintenance, and 
     integration and the costs associated with obtaining, 
     updating, and licensing software and equipment required for 
     risk based asset management and performance based management, 
     and for similar activities related to the development and 
     implementation of a performance based management program for 
     other public roads.
       (18) A project that, if located within the boundaries of a 
     port terminal, includes only such surface transportation 
     infrastructure modifications as are necessary to facilitate 
     direct intermodal interchange, transfer, and access into and 
     out of the port.
       (19) Construction and operational improvements for any 
     minor collector if--
       (A) the minor collector, and the project to be carried out 
     with respect to the minor collector, are in the same corridor 
     as, and in proximity to, a Federal-aid highway designated as 
     part of the National Highway System;
       (B) the construction or improvements will enhance the level 
     of service on the Federal-aid highway described in 
     subparagraph (A) and improve regional traffic flow; and
       (C) the construction or improvements are more cost-
     effective, as determined by a benefit-cost analysis, than an 
     improvement to the Federal-aid highway described in 
     subparagraph (A).
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