[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 118 (Sunday, July 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5869]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2455. Mr. PAUL 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:

       Beginning on page 888, strike line 10 and all that follows 
     through page 889, line 13, and insert the following:
       ``(2) Additional considerations.--In evaluating a project 
     under this section, in addition to the criteria described in 
     paragraph (1), the Administrator shall consider--
       ``(A) the difference between--
       ``(i) the estimated volume of traffic that uses an 
     applicable road or bridge after a project is completed; and
       ``(ii) the volume of traffic that existing road or bridge 
     was designed to accommodate;
       ``(B) the national significance (rather than the regional 
     significance) of the project; and
       ``(C) the extent to which the project--
       ``(i) leverages Federal investment by encouraging non-
     Federal contributions to the project, including contributions 
     from public-private partnerships;
       ``(ii) is able to begin construction by the date that is 
     not later than 18 months after the date on which the project 
     is selected;
       ``(iii) incorporates innovative project delivery and 
     financing to the maximum extent practicable;
       ``(iv) helps maintain or protect the environment;
       ``(v) improves roadways vital to national energy security;
       ``(vi) improves or upgrades designated future Interstate 
     System routes;
       ``(vii) uses innovative technologies, including intelligent 
     transportation systems, that enhance the efficiency of the 
     project;
       ``(viii) helps to improve mobility and accessibility;
       ``(ix) addresses the impact of population growth on the 
     movement of people and freight;
       ``(x) would have a positive impact on 1 or more highways on 
     the Interstate System;
       ``(xi) would repair or replace a road or bridge that--

       ``(I) has been determined to be structurally or 
     functionally obsolete; and
       ``(II) poses a risk to public safety;

       ``(xii) would have a positive impact on interstate 
     commerce, as demonstrated by an examination of economic 
     indicators, including--

       ``(I) the impact of the project on shipping and trucking 
     commerce;
       ``(II) the nexus of the project to other States; and
       ``(III) the availability of alternative routes, as compared 
     to the routes affected by the project; and

       ``(xiii) would receive additional funding from a State or 
     local government.
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