[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 118 (Sunday, July 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5850]
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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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