S.Amdt. 2285

SA 2285. Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. Cochran, and Mrs. Feinstein) 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. ___. DISBURSEMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 1552 of title 31, United States Code, funds made available for the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (including funds that have expired, but have not been cancelled) under title II of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) shall remain available for expenditure through fiscal year 2020 for the purpose of liquidating valid obligations of active grants under such program.

(b) Defined Term.--In this section, the term “active grants” means grants for which the period of performance has expired but are not finally closed out.