[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 118 (Sunday, July 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5738]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2408. Mr. SCHATZ (for himself and Mr. Heller) 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:

       On page 210, line 19, strike ``and'' at the end and all 
     that follows through line 21, and insert the following:
       (2) in subsection (f), by inserting ``pedestrian 
     walkways,'' after ``bikeways,''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(s) Safety for Motorized and Nonmotorized Users.--
       ``(1) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
     the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall 
     establish standards to ensure that the design of Federal 
     surface transportation projects provides for the safe and 
     adequate accommodation (as determined by the State or other 
     direct recipient of funds), in all phases of project 
     planning, development, and operation, of all users of the 
     transportation network, including motorized and nonmotorized 
     users.
       ``(2) Waiver for state law or policy.--The Secretary may 
     waive the application of standards established under 
     paragraph (1) to a State that has adopted a law or policy 
     that provides for the safe and adequate accommodation (as 
     determined by the State or other direct recipient of funds), 
     in all phases of project planning and development, of users 
     of the transportation network on federally funded surface 
     transportation projects.
       ``(3) Compliance.--
       ``(A) In general.--Each State department of transportation 
     shall submit a report to the Secretary, at such time, in such 
     manner, and containing such information as the Secretary 
     shall require, that describes measures implemented by the 
     State to comply with this subsection.
       ``(B) Determination by secretary.--Upon the receipt of a 
     report from a State under subparagraph (A), the Secretary 
     shall determine whether the State is in compliance with this 
     section.''.
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