[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 2434. Mr. DONNELLY 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 246, strike lines 6 through 9 and insert the 
     following:
       (9) in subsection (k), by striking paragraph (3) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(3) Congestion management process.--
       ``(A) In general.--Within a metropolitan planning area 
     serving a transportation management area, the transportation 
     planning process under this section shall address congestion 
     management through a process that provides for effective 
     management and operation, based on a cooperatively developed 
     and implemented metropolitan-wide strategy of new and 
     existing transportation facilities eligible for funding under 
     this title and chapter 53 of title 49 through the use of 
     travel demand reduction, employer-based commuting programs, 
     job access projects, shared-use projects, and operational 
     management strategies.
       ``(B) Schedule.--The Secretary shall establish an 
     appropriate phase-in schedule for compliance with the 
     requirements of this section but not sooner than 1 year after 
     the identification of a transportation management area.
       ``(C) Congestion management plan.--
       ``(i) Development.--A metropolitan planning organization 
     with a transportation management area shall develop a 
     congestion management plan in accordance with the 
     requirements of clause (ii) that includes projects and 
     strategies that shall be considered in the transportation 
     improvement program for the metropolitan planning 
     organization.
       ``(ii) Requirements.--A plan developed under clause (i) 
     shall--

       ``(I) develop regional goals to reduce vehicle miles 
     traveled during peak commuting hours and to improve 
     transportation connections between areas with high job 
     concentration and areas with high concentrations of low-
     income households;
       ``(II) identify existing public transportation services, 
     employer-based commuter programs, and other existing 
     transportation services that support access to jobs in the 
     region; and
       ``(III) identify proposed projects and programs to reduce 
     congestion and increase job access opportunities

       ``(D) Participation.--In conducting the process under 
     subparagraph (A) and developing the plan under subparagraph 
     (C) a metropolitan planning organization shall include 
     employers, private and nonprofit providers of public 
     transportation, transportation management organizations, and 
     organizations that provide job access, reverse commute 
     projects, or job-related services to low-income individuals 
     to assist in the planning process and the development of the 
     plan.'';
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