S.Amdt. 3166

SA 3166. Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Coats, Mr. Thune, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Enzi, Ms. Collins, Mr. Cochran, and Mr. Crapo) 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:

At the end, add the following:

TITLE _--ELIMINATION OF INDIVIDUAL MANDATE

SEC. _01. RESTORING INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY.

Sections 1501 and 1502 and subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of section 10106 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (and the amendments made by such sections and subsections) are repealed and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be applied and administered as if such provisions and amendments had never been enacted.