[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 118 (Sunday, July 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5874]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2487. Mr. BROWN 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 301, before line 6, insert the following:
       (c) Determination of Scope of Public Transportation 
     Research by the Federal Transit Administrator.--
       (1) In general.--For research conducted with assistance 
     under section 5312 of title 49, United States Code, the 
     Federal Transit Administrator shall determine--
       (A) the scope of research to be conducted;
       (B) whether research to be conducted has unique benefits 
     for public transportation; and
       (C) whether any research duplicates the research efforts of 
     any other modal administration.
       (2) Limitation on assistant secretary for research and 
     technology.--Notwithstanding section 31202 of this Act, the 
     Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology of the 
     Department--
       (A) shall honor a determination made by the Federal Transit 
     Administrator under paragraph (1) of this subsection;
       (B) may not deny a modal plan or other submission by the 
     Federal Transit Administrator based on a determination 
     described in subparagraph (A); and
       (C) may not limit the expenditure of funds authorized to 
     carry out carry section 5312 of title 49, United States Code.
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