S.Amdt. 3930

SA 3930. Mr. COBURN (for himself, Mr. Brownback, and Mr. Graham) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1955, to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to expand health care access and reduce costs through the creation of small business health plans and through modernization of the health insurance marketplace; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

In section 801(b) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as added by section 101(a) of the amendment, strike paragraph (1) and insert the following:

“(1) is organized and maintained in good faith, with a constitution and bylaws specifically stating its purpose and providing for periodic meetings on at least an annual basis, as a bona fide trade association, a bona fide industry association (including a rural electric cooperative association or a rural telephone cooperative association), a bona fide professional association, a convention or association of churches (within the meaning of section 170(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), or a bona fide chamber of commerce (or similar bona fide business association, including a corporation or similar organization that operates on a cooperative basis (within the meaning of section 1381 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986)), for substantial purposes other than that of obtaining medical care, except that for purposes of this part, any such association, convention or association, or chamber shall not be required to comply with certain benefit requirements of this part if such compliance is prohibited by the bona fide religious or cultural beliefs of the association, convention or association, or chamber;”.