[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 118 (Sunday, July 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5850]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2432. Mr. BLUMENTHAL 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 1003, striking line 19, and all that follows 
     through page 1004, line 4, and insert the following:
     employee for such month if such individual is eligible for 
     medical coverage for such month under--
       ``(i) chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, including 
     coverage under the TRICARE program, or
       ``(ii) under a health care program under chapter 17 or 18 
     of title 38, United States Code, as determined by the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in coordination with the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary.''.
       (c) Prohibition on Consideration of Eligibility for Health 
     Coverage in Employment Decisions.--No employer may consider 
     the eligibility status of a veteran in a health care program 
     provided through the Department of Veterans Affairs or 
     TRICARE in making a decision regarding hiring, re-employment, 
     or retention of an employee.
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