S.Amdt. 2297

SA 2297. Mr. CRUZ 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 THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND THE HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2010.

(a) In General.--

(1) Patient protection and affordable care act.--Effective on the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148) is repealed and the provisions of law amended or repealed by such Act are restored or revived as if such Act had not been enacted.

(2) Health care and education reconciliation act of 2010.--Effective on the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-152) is repealed and the provisions of law amended or repealed by such Act are restored or revived as if such Act had not been enacted.

(b) Budgetary Effects of This Section.--The budgetary effects of this section, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled “Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation” for this section, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives, as long as such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage of this section.