S.Amdt. 2289

SA 2289. Mr. WICKER (for himself and Mr. Booker) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2266 submitted by Mr.
McConnell and intended to be proposed 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:

On page 33, line 25, strike ``65 percent''and ``64
percent''.
On page 34, line 2, strike ``29 percent'' and insert ``30
percent''.
On page 41, line 3, strike ``55 percent'' and insert ``67
percent''.
On page 41, line 8, strike ``45 percent'' and insert ``33
percent''.
On page 41, strike lines 10 through 15 and insert the
following:
(B) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:
``(3) Access to funds for areas of under 200,000
population.--For purposes of clauses (ii) and (iii) of
paragraph (1)(A), excluding funds a State has suballocated to
metropolitan areas in the areas in described in those
clauses, before obligating funding for an area with a
population of less than 200,000, each State, in coordination
with local interested parties, shall carry out an open and
transparent competitive grant process to allow local
governments, metropolitan planning organizations, regional
transportation authorities, transit agencies, regional
transportation planning organizations, and tribal governments
to submit projects for funding that achieve the objectives
established by the State and the relevant metropolitan
planning organization for the performance-based planning
process.'';
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