[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 118 (Sunday, July 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5871-S5872]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2470. Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
Carper, and Mr. Menendez) 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:

       At the end of title I, add the following:

     SEC. 11210. RESILIENCE FOR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS.

       (a) Definitions.--Section 101(a) of title 23, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraphs (22) through (34) as 
     paragraphs (23) through (35), respectively;
       (2) by inserting after paragraph (21) the following:
       ``(22) Resilience.--The term `resilience' means the ability 
     to use durable and sustainable materials and resilient 
     structural and nonstructural techniques that--
       ``(A) allow a transportation infrastructure project --
       ``(i) to resist hazards due to a major disaster; and
       ``(ii) to continue to serve the primary function of the 
     transportation infrastructure project following a major 
     disaster;
       ``(B) reduce the magnitude or duration of a disruptive 
     event to a transportation infrastructure project; and
       ``(C) have the absorptive capacity, adaptive capacity, and 
     recoverability to withstand a potentially disruptive event, 
     to decrease transportation project infrastructure 
     vulnerability.'';
       (3) in paragraph (31) (as redesignated by paragraph (1))--
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``resilience,'' after 
     ``safety,''; and
       (B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by inserting ``resilience,'' 
     after ``reliability,''; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(36) Vulnerability.--The term `vulnerability' means the 
     degree to which existing or planned infrastructure is subject 
     to and is susceptible to extreme weather events based on the 
     character, magnitude, and rate of a disruptive event to which 
     a system is exposed, and the sensitivity and resilience of 
     the system.''.
       (b) National Highway Performance Program.--Section 119 of 
     title 23, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (d)(2), by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(Q) Construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, 
     restoration, rehabilitation, and preservation of, and 
     operational improvements for, enhancing resilience.''; and
       (2) in subsection (e)(4)--
       (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (F) as 
     subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively; and
       (B) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
       ``(E) measures to reduce vulnerability and ensure system 
     resilience;''.
       (c) Highway Safety Improvement Program.--Section 148(a)(4) 
     of title 23, United States Code (as amended by section 
     11011), is amended--

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       (1) in clause (i) of subparagraph (A), by inserting ``or 
     vulnerable'' after ``hazardous''; and
       (2) in clause (xxiv) of subparagraph (B), by inserting ``, 
     including measures to improve resilience'' after 
     ``improvements''.
       (d) National Goals and Performance Management Measures.--
     Section 150(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(8) Resilience.--To increase the resilience of 
     transportation systems under the jurisdiction of a State, 
     regional or metropolitan planning organization, as 
     applicable.''.
       On page 229, lines 16 and 17, strike ``Section 101(a)(29) 
     of title 23, United States Code,'' and insert ``Paragraph 
     (30) of section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code (as 
     redesignated by section 11210(a)),''.
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