[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 118 (Sunday, July 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5849]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2426. Mr. CARPER 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 870, line 16, strike ``A'' and insert ``Except as 
     provided in subparagraph (C), a''.
       On page 871, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:
       ``(C) Exception.--With the approval of the Secretary, a 
     State may obligate an amount in excess of the limitation 
     described in subparagraph (B) if the State certifies that the 
     multimodal project is justified based on the list of priority 
     projects of the State identified in a freight investment plan 
     of the State that is in effect.
       On page 871, line 3, strike ``(C)'' and insert ``(D)''.
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