[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 2471. Mr. BOOKER (for himself, 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:

       On page 35, strike lines 13 through 22 and insert the 
     following:
       ``(C) State share.--Of the total amount described in 
     subparagraph (B) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
     allocate to each State for the fiscal year, based on the most 
     recent year data from the freight analysis framework--
       ``(i) 40 percent based on the ratio that--

       ``(I) the tonnage of rail, waterborne, highway, airport, 
     and pipeline freight moved in the State; bears to
       ``(II) the tonnage of that freight moved in all States;

       ``(ii) 40 percent based on the ratio that--

       ``(I) the value of rail, waterborne, highway, airport, and 
     pipeline freight moved in the State; bears to
       ``(II) the value of that freight moved in all States;

       ``(iii) 10 percent based on the ratio that--

       ``(I) the value of international product freight moved in 
     the State; bears to
       ``(II) the value of that freight moved in all States; and

       ``(iv) 10 percent based on the ratio that--

       ``(I) the tonnage of international product freight moved in 
     the State; bears to
       ``(II) the value of that freight moved in all States.

       On page 871, strike lines 4 through line 15.
       On page 871, line 16, strike ``(C)'' and insert ``(B)''.
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