[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 2433. Mr. DONNELLY (for himself and Mr. Flake) 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 38, strike lines 1 through 11 and insert the 
     following:
       ``(ii) Adjustments to amounts.--

       ``(I) In general.--The initial amounts resulting from the 
     calculation under clause (i) shall be adjusted to ensure 
     that, for each State, the amount of combined apportionments 
     for the programs shall not be less than an amount equal to--

       ``(aa) 95 percent of the applicable percentage; multiplied 
     by
       ``(bb) the total amount of funds available for 
     apportionment.

       ``(II) Applicable percentage.--For purposes of this clause, 
     the applicable percentage shall be an amount, expressed as a 
     percentage, equal to the quotient of--

       ``(aa) the estimated tax payments attributable to highway 
     users in the State that were paid into the Highway Trust Fund 
     (other than the Mass Transit Account) for the fiscal year 
     described in subclause (I); divided by
       ``(bb) the estimated total tax payments attributable to 
     users in all States that were paid into the Highway Trust 
     Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for that fiscal 
     year.
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