[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Pages 14201-14203]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 2656. Mr. McCONNELL (for himself, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Perdue, Mr.

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Blunt, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Rubio, Mrs. Ernst, Mr. 
McCain, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Lee, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Scott, Mr. 
Vitter, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Moran, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Barrasso, 
Mr. Corker, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Tillis, Mrs. 
Capito, Mr. Coats, and Mr. Cruz) submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 2640 proposed by Mr. McConnell to the joint 
resolution H.J. Res. 61, amending 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; as follows:

       Strike line 3 and all that follows and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. REMOVAL OF AUTHORITY TO WAIVE, SUSPEND, REDUCE, 
                   PROVIDE RELIEF FROM, OR OTHERWISE LIMIT THE 
                   APPLICATION OF SANCTIONS PURSUANT TO AN 
                   AGREEMENT RELATED TO THE NUCLEAR PROGRAM OF 
                   IRAN.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the President may not--
       (1) waive, suspend, reduce, provide relief from, or 
     otherwise limit the application of sanctions described in 
     subsection (b) or refrain from applying any such sanctions; 
     or
       (2) remove a foreign person listed in Attachment 3 or 
     Attachment 4 to Annex II of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of 
     Action from the list of specially designated nationals and 
     blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Asset 
     Control of the Department of the Treasury.
       (b) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this 
     subsection are--
       (1) the sanctions described in sections 4 through 7.9 of 
     Annex II of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action; and
       (2) the sanctions described in any other agreement related 
     to the nuclear program of Iran that includes the United 
     States, commits the United States to take action, or pursuant 
     to which the United States commits or otherwise agrees to 
     take action, regardless of the form it takes, whether a 
     political commitment or otherwise, and regardless of whether 
     it is legally binding.
       (c) Exception.--The prohibitions under subsection (a) shall 
     not apply if the Islamic Republic of Iran--
       (1) has released Jason Rezaian, Robert Levinson, Saeed 
     Abedini, and Amir Hekmati to the custody of the United 
     States; and
       (2) formally recognizes the State of Israel as a sovereign 
     and independent state.
       (d) Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action'' 
     means the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, signed at 
     Vienna on July 14, 2015, by Iran and by the People's Republic 
     of China, France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the United 
     Kingdom and the United States, with the High Representative 
     of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security 
     Policy, and all implementing materials and agreements related 
     to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 2657. Mr. McCONNELL proposed an amendment to amendment SA 2656 
submitted by Mr. McConnell (for himself, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Perdue, Mr. 
Blunt, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Rubio, Mrs. Ernst, Mr. 
McCain, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Lee, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Scott, Mr. 
Vitter, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Moran, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Barrasso, 
Mr. Corker, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Tillis, Mrs. 
Capito, Mr. Coats, and Mr. Cruz) to the amendment SA 2640 proposed by 
Mr. McConnell to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 61, amending 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; 
as follows:

       At the end add the following.
       ``This Act shall take effect 1 day after the date of 
     enactment.''
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  SA 2658. Mr. McCONNELL proposed an amendment to the joint resolution 
H.J. Res. 61, amending 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; as follows:

       At the end add the following.
       ``This Act shall take effect 2 days after the date of 
     enactment.''
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 2659. Mr. McCONNELL proposed an amendment to amendment SA 2658 
proposed by Mr. McConnell to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 61, 
amending 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; as follows:

       Strike ``2'' and insert ``3''
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 2660. Mr. McCONNELL proposed an amendment to the joint resolution 
H.J. Res. 61, amending 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; as follows:

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. REMOVAL OF AUTHORITY TO WAIVE, SUSPEND, REDUCE, 
                   PROVIDE RELIEF FROM, OR OTHERWISE LIMIT THE 
                   APPLICATION OF SANCTIONS PURSUANT TO AN 
                   AGREEMENT RELATED TO THE NUCLEAR PROGRAM OF 
                   IRAN.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the President may not--
       (1) waive, suspend, reduce, provide relief from, or 
     otherwise limit the application of sanctions described in 
     subsection (b) or refrain from applying any such sanctions; 
     or
       (2) remove a foreign person listed in Attachment 3 or 
     Attachment 4 to Annex II of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of 
     Action from the list of specially designated nationals and 
     blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Asset 
     Control of the Department of the Treasury.
       (b) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this 
     subsection are--
       (1) the sanctions described in sections 4 through 7.9 of 
     Annex II of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action; and
       (2) the sanctions described in any other agreement related 
     to the nuclear program of Iran that includes the United 
     States, commits the United States to take action, or pursuant 
     to which the United States commits or otherwise agrees to 
     take action, regardless of the form it takes, whether a 
     political commitment or otherwise, and regardless of whether 
     it is legally binding.
       (c) Exception.--The prohibitions under subsection (a) shall 
     not apply if the Islamic Republic of Iran--
       (1) has released Jason Rezaian, Robert Levinson, Saeed 
     Abedini, and Amir Hekmati to the custody of the United 
     States; and
       (2) formally recognizes the State of Israel as a sovereign 
     and independent state.
       (d) Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action'' 
     means the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, signed at 
     Vienna on July 14, 2015, by Iran and by the People's Republic 
     of China, France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the United 
     Kingdom and the United States, with the High Representative 
     of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security 
     Policy, and all implementing materials and agreements related 
     to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
       This act shall take effect 4 days after the date of 
     enactment.
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  SA 2661. Mr. McCONNELL proposed an amendment to amendment SA 2660 
proposed by Mr. McConnell to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 61, 
amending 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; as follows:

       On page 3, line 22, strike ``4'' and insert ``5''
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  SA 2662. Mr. McCONNELL proposed an amendment to amendment SA 2661 
proposed by Mr. McConnell to the amendment SA 2660 proposed by Mr. 
McConnell to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 61, amending 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; as 
follows:

       Strike ``5'' and insert ``6''

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