[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 118 (Sunday, July 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5851]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2438. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 2266 proposed by Mr. McConnell 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 1004, between lines 4 and 5, insert the following:
       (c) Prohibition on Consideration of Eligibility in 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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