S.Amdt. 2281

SA 2281. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 22, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account for purposes of determining the employers to which the employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. REPEAL OF DAVIS-BACON WAGE REQUIREMENTS.

(a) In General.--Subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code, is repealed.

(b) Reference.--Any reference in any law to a wage requirement of subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code, shall be null and void.

(c) Effective Date and Limitation.--Subsections (a) and (b), and the amendment made by such subsections, shall take effect 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act but shall not affect any contract--

(1) in existence on the date that is 30 days after such date of enactment; or

(2) made pursuant to an invitation for bids outstanding on the date that is 30 days after such date of enactment.