[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 2473. 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:

       On page 172, lines 12 and 13, strike ``to, and enter into 
     cooperative agreements and contracts with,'' and insert ``, 
     which may include (but may not require, consistent with the 
     objective to expand and diversify the grantee pool to include 
     independent research efforts by private entities as a 
     mechanism to most effectively leverage limited Federal funds 
     and avoid duplication) entering into cooperative agreements 
     and contracts with''.
       On page 174, strike lines 22 through 24 and insert the 
     following:
     deployment of ITS band, cellular communication, and 
     autonomous vehicle technologies, as well as the operation, 
     systems management, intermodal integration, and 
     interoperability of the ITS spectrum band technologies--
       On page 176, line 13, insert ``, cellular communication, 
     and autonomous vehicle'' after ``ITS''.
       On page 177, line 15, insert ``, cellular communications, 
     and autonomous vehicle'' after ``ITS''.
       On page 177, strike line 16 and insert the following:
       ``(F) if deployed in the ITS spectrum band, a plan to 
     ensure interoperability of the
       On page 178, line 22, insert ``, cellular communications, 
     and autonomous vehicle technologies'' after ``of ITS''.
       On page 179, strike lines 22 through 25 and insert the 
     following:
       ``(E) the implementation of intelligent transportation 
     systems and other technologies that improve highway safety 
     through information and communications systems onboard the 
     vehicle or linking vehicles,
       On page 180, line 24, insert ``based on a comparative cost-
     benefit analysis of ITS band, cellular communications, and 
     autonomous vehicle technologies'' before the period at the 
     end.
       On page 184, line 9, insert ``, cellular communications, 
     and autonomous vehicle'' after ``ITS''.
       On page 475, line 15, insert ``and safety'' after 
     ``information''.
       On page 475, line 21, insert ``, advanced driver assistance 
     systems, and autonomous vehicle technologies'' after 
     ``applications''.
       On page 477, line 9, insert ``, advanced driver assistance 
     systems, autonomous vehicle technologies,'' before ``and 
     commercial''.
       On page 477, line 13, insert ``of ITS band technologies'' 
     after ``interoperability''.
       On page 477, line 17, insert ``only for ITS operations in 
     the ITS spectrum (5.9 MHz) band'' after ``tests''.
       On page 478, lines 4 and 5, strike ``information systems 
     and networks'' and insert ``and safety information systems 
     and networks, including advanced driver assistance systems 
     and autonomous vehicle technologies''.
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