S.Amdt. 3111

SA 3111. Mr. FLAKE (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. McCain, Mr. Lee, and Mr. McConnell) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3474, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of the employer mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 52, between lines 19 and 20, insert the following:

(c) Modification of Definition of Qualified Facilities.--

(1) In general.--The following provisions of section 45(d), as amended by subsection (a), are each amended by striking “and the construction of which begins before” each place it appears and inserting “and before”:

(A) Paragraph (1).

(B) Paragraph (2)(A)(i).

(C) Paragraph (3)(A)(i)(I).

(D) Paragraph (6).

(E) Paragraph (7).

(F) Paragraph (9)(A)(ii).

(G) Paragraph (11)(B).

(2) Open-loop biomass facilities.--Clause (ii) of section 45(d)(3)(A) is amended by striking “the construction of which begins before” and inserting “is originally placed in service before”.

(3) Geothermal facilities.--Paragraph (4) of section 45(d), as amended by subsection (a), is amended by striking “and which--” and all that follows and inserting “and before--

“(A) January 1, 2006, in the case of a facility using solar energy, and

“(B) January 1, 2016, in the case of a facility using geothermal energy.”.