[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 17354-17355]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      HIRE MORE HEROES ACT OF 2015

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 512 and rule 
XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House 
on the state of the Union for the further consideration of the Senate 
amendments to the bill, H.R. 22.
  Will the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Conaway) kindly take the chair.

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                     In the Committee of the Whole

  Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the state of the Union for the further consideration of 
the Senate amendments 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, with Mr. 
Conaway (Acting Chair) in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The Acting CHAIR. When the Committee of the Whole rose earlier today, 
an amendment consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 114-32 was 
pending.
  Pursuant to House Resolution 512, no further amendment to that 
amendment shall be in order except those printed in part A of House 
Report 114-326 and

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amendments en bloc described in subsection (c) of that resolution.
  Each further amendment printed in part A of House Report 114-326 
shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be 
offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered 
as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report 
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may be 
withdrawn by the proponent at any time before action thereon, shall not 
be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for 
division of the question.
  It shall be in order at any time for the chair of the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure or his designee to offer amendments 
en bloc consisting of amendments printed in part A of House Report 114-
326 not earlier disposed of. Such amendments en bloc shall be 
considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided 
and controlled by the chair and ranking member of the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure or their designees, shall not be 
subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 
of the question.
  No further amendment to the Senate amendment, as amended, shall be in 
order except those printed in part B of House Report 114-326. Each such 
further amendment shall be considered only in the order printed in the 
report, except that amendment No. 23 printed in part B of the report 
may be considered as though immediately following amendment No. 9 in 
part B of the report. Each such further amendment may be offered only 
by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered read, shall 
be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn by the 
proponent at any time before action thereon, shall not be subject to 
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question.
  Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise.
  The motion was agreed to.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
Harris) having assumed the chair, Mr. Conaway, Acting Chair of the 
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, reported that 
that Committee, having had under consideration 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, had come to no resolution thereon.

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