S.Amdt. 1924

SA 1924. Mr. DAINES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1085. EXEMPTION OF INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS FROM
EMPLOYER MANDATE.

(a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 4980H(c) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end
the following new subparagraph:
``(F) Certain indian employers.--The term `applicable large
employer' does not include--
``(i) any Indian tribal government (as defined in section
7701(a)(40)), or
``(ii) any enterprise or institution owned and operated by
an Indian tribe (as defined in section 45A(c)(6)).''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section
shall apply to calendar years beginning after December 31,
2014
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