[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 118 (Sunday, July 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5887]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2520. Mr. THUNE 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:

       At the end of subtitle A of title XXXI of division C, add 
     the following:

     SEC. 31108. AUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS FOR POSITIVE TRAIN 
                   CONTROL.

       (a) Authorization of appropriations.--There shall be 
     available from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust 
     Fund to carry out this section $250,000,000 for each of 
     fiscal 2016 and 2017 to assist in financing the installation 
     of positive train control systems.
       (b) Programs.--The amounts made available under subsection 
     (a) of this section may be used to assist in financing the 
     installation of positive train control systems through--
       (1) grants made under the rail safety technology grants 
     program under section 20158 of title 49, United States Code;
       (2) grants made under the consolidated rail infrastructure 
     and safety investments program under section 24408 of title 
     49, United States Code; and
       (3) funding the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees 
     under sections 502 through 504 of the Railroad Revitalization 
     and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 801 et seq.).
       (c) Eligible Recipients.--The amounts made available under 
     subsection (a) of this section may be used only to assist a 
     designated recipient (as defined under section 5302 of title 
     49, United States Code) through the programs described in 
     subsection (b).
       (d) Project management oversight.--The Secretary may 
     withhold up to 1 percent from the amounts made available 
     under subsection (a) of this section for the costs of project 
     management oversight of grants authorized under that 
     subsection.
       (e) Savings clause.--Nothing in this section may be 
     construed as authorizing the amounts appropriated under 
     subsection (a) to be used for any purpose other than 
     financing the installation of positive train control systems.
       (f) Sunset.--This section shall remain in effect until 
     September 30, 2017.
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