[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 118 (Sunday, July 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5880]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2504. 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 406, after the undesignated matter following line 
     24, add the following:

     SEC. 31304. FIRE-RETARDANT MATERIALS EXEMPTION.

       Section 3503 of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``2008, this section'' 
     and inserting ``2028, this subsection''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)(1)--
       (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
     ``of this section'' and inserting ``under subsection (a)'';
       (B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``and crew'' after 
     ``prospective passengers'';
       (C) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``or crew member'' 
     after ``passenger'';
       (D) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'' at the end; 
     and
       (E) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(D) the owner or managing operator of the vessel shall--
       ``(i) make annual structural alterations to not less than 
     10 percent of the areas of the vessel that are not 
     constructed of fire-retardant materials;
       ``(ii) provide advance notice to the Coast Guard regarding 
     the alterations made pursuant to clause (i); and
       ``(iii) comply with any noncombustible material 
     requirements prescribed by the Coast Guard; and
       ``(E) the requirements referred to in subparagraph (D)(iii) 
     shall, to the extent practicable, be consistent with the 
     preservation of the historic integrity of the vessel in areas 
     carrying or accessible to passengers or generally visible to 
     the public.''.
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