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

  SA 2472. Mr. BOOKER 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 429, strike line 23 and all that follows 
     through page 434, line 18, and insert the following:

     SEC. 32201. MINIMUM INSURANCE COVERAGE.

       (a) Transporting Property.--
       (1) In general.--Section 31139(b) is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``$750,000'' and 
     inserting ``$1,500,000''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) The minimum level of financial responsibility under 
     paragraph (2) shall be adjusted annually by the Secretary to 
     reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index--All Urban 
     Consumers.''.
       (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) 
     shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act.
       (b) Rulemaking.--The Secretary, by regulation, shall 
     increase any minimum level of financial responsibility 
     required under section 31138 or section 31139 if, after an 
     opportunity for notice and comment, the Secretary determines 
     that the current amount is insufficient to satisfy liability 
     amounts covering the claims described in section 31138 or 
     section 31139, as applicable.
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