[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5365]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 1129. Mr. CORNYN (for Mr. Wyden) proposed an amendment to the bill 
S. 971, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for 
an increase in the limit on the length of an agreement under the 
Medicare independence at home medical practice demonstration program; 
as follows:

       On page 2, line 5, insert ``of the Social Security Act'' 
     after ``1866E(e)(1)''.
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  SA 1130. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 1191, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to ensure that emergency services volunteers are not taken into account 
as employees under the shared responsibility requirements contained in 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 32, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:
       ``(7) Limitation on actions based on detention of united 
     states citizens.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     the President may not waive, suspend, reduce, provide relief 
     from, or otherwise limit the application of statutory 
     sanctions with respect to Iran under any provision of law or 
     refrain from applying any such sanctions pursuant to an 
     agreement described in subsection (a) until the Government of 
     Iran releases to the United States the following United 
     States citizens:
       ``(A) Saeed Abedini of Idaho, who has been detained in Iran 
     on charges related to his religious beliefs since September 
     2012.
       ``(B) Amir Hekmati of Michigan, who has been imprisoned in 
     Iran on false espionage charges since August 2011.
       ``(C) Jason Rezaian of California, who, as an Iranian 
     government credentialed reporter for the Washington Post, has 
     been unjustly held in Iran on vague charges since July 2014.
       ``(D) Robert Levinson of Florida, who was abducted on Kish 
     Island in March 2007.
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  SA 1131. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 1191, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to ensure that emergency services volunteers are not taken into account 
as employees under the shared responsibility requirements contained in 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 32, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:
       ``(7) Limitation on actions based on detention of united 
     states citizens.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     the President may not waive, suspend, reduce, provide relief 
     from, or otherwise limit the application of statutory 
     sanctions with respect to Iran under any provision of law or 
     refrain from applying any such sanctions pursuant to an 
     agreement described in subsection (a) until the Government of 
     Iran releases to the United States the following United 
     States citizens:
       ``(A) Saeed Abedini of Idaho, who has been detained in Iran 
     on charges related to his religious beliefs since September 
     2012.
       ``(B) Amir Hekmati of Michigan, who has been imprisoned in 
     Iran on false espionage charges since August 2011.
       ``(C) Jason Rezaian of California, who, as an Iranian 
     government credentialed reporter for the Washington Post, has 
     been unjustly held in Iran on vague charges since July 2014.
       ``(D) Robert Levinson of Florida, who was abducted on Kish 
     Island in March 2007.

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