[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 135 (Thursday, September 8, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S5478]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4993. Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. 
Sasse, Mr. Flake, and Mr. Johnson) submitted an amendment intended to 
be proposed by him to the bill S. 2848, to provide for the conservation 
and development of water and related resources, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to 
rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. MODIFICATIONS TO EXEMPTION FROM REQUIREMENT TO 
                   MAINTAIN HEALTH COVERAGE.

       (a) Exemption for Individuals in Areas With Fewer Than 2 
     Issuers Offering Plans on an Exchange.--Section 5000A(e) of 
     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the 
     end the following new paragraph:
       ``(6) Individuals in areas with fewer than 2 issuers 
     offering plans on an exchange.--
       ``(A) In general.--Any applicable individual for any period 
     during a calendar year if there are fewer than 2 health 
     insurance issuers offering qualified health plans on an 
     Exchange for such period in the county in which the 
     applicable individual resides.
       ``(B) Aggregation rules.--For purposes of subparagraph (A), 
     all health insurance issuers treated as a single employer 
     under subsection (a) or (b) of section 52, or subsection (m) 
     or (o) of section 414, shall be treated as a single health 
     insurance issuer.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to months beginning after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
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