S.Amdt. 2343

SA 2343. Mr. GARDNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2266 proposed by Mr. McConnell 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 end of subtitle C of title I, add the following:

SEC. 11210. HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.

(a) Definition of Preventive Maintenance.--Section
116(a)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``activities'' and inserting ``maintenance
activities and the appropriate safety equipment to complete
such maintenance activities''.
(b) Eligible Surface Transportation Program Projects.--
Section 133(b)(7) of such title is amended by inserting ``and
capital costs for fixed and mobile'' after ``installation
of''.
(c) Highway Safety Improvement Projects.--Section 148(a)(4)
of such title is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``activities,'' and
inserting ``maintenance activities, the safety equipment
approved to complete such activities,'';
(2) in subparagraph (B)--
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ``, but
is not limited to, a project'' and inserting ``a project or
maintenance activity''; and

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(B) by amending clause (xvi) to read as follows:
``(xvi) Installation and capital costs of guardrails, fixed
and mobile barriers (including fixed and mobile barriers
between construction work zones and traffic lanes for the
safety of road users and workers), crash attenuators, and
other safety equipment .''.
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