S.Amdt. 2311

SA 2311. Mr. FLAKE 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. ___. PROHIBITION ON EARMARKS.

(a) In General.--None of the funds appropriated under this Act or an amendment made by this Act may be used for an earmark.

(b) Definition.--In this section, the term “earmark” means--

(1) a congressionally directed spending item, as defined in rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate; and

(2) a congressional earmark, as defined in rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives.