S.Amdt. 2347

SA 2347. Mr. BLUMENTHAL 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:

Strike section 35102 and (relating to national infrastructure and safety investments) and insert the following:

SEC. 35102. NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY INVESTMENTS.

(a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for grants under chapter 244 of title 49, United States Code, $570,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2021.

(b) Project Management Oversight.--The Secretary may withhold up to 1 percent from the amount made available under subsection (a) for the costs of project management oversight of grants carried out under chapter 244 of title 49, United States Code.

(c) Applicability of Title 23.--Funds authorized by subsection (a) shall--

(1) be available for obligation in the same manner as if the funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, except that the Federal share payable on account of any project or activity carried out with funds made available under this section shall be no greater than 80 percent;

(2) remain available until expended;

(3) not be subject to any limitation on obligation; and

(4) not be transferable.