S.Amdt. 2349

SA 2349. Mr. HATCH 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 division F, add the following:

SEC. __. SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY SELF-
DETERMINATION PROGRAM.

(a) Secure Payments for States and Counties Containing
Federal Land.--
(1) Calculation of payments.--Section 101 of the Secure
Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000
(16 U.S.C. 7111) is amended by striking ``2015'' each place
it appears and inserting ``2017''.
(2) Elections.--Section 102(b) of the Secure Rural Schools
and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C.
7112(b)) is amended--
(A) in paragraph (1)(C)--
(i) in the heading, by striking ``Effect of late payment
for fiscal years 2014 and 2015'' and inserting ``Payment for
fiscal years 2014 through 2017''; and
(ii) by striking ``fiscal year 2014 or 2015'' and inserting
``fiscal years 2014 through 2017''; and
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and 2015'' and
inserting ``through 2017''; and
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``2015'' and
inserting ``2017''.
(3) Notification of election.--Section 102(d) of the Secure
Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000
(16 U.S.C. 7112(d)) is amended--
(A) in paragraph (1)(E)--
(i) in the heading, by striking ``Effect of late payment
for fiscal year 2014'' and inserting ``Payment for fiscal
years 2014 through 2017''; and
(ii) by striking ``and 2015'' and inserting ``through
2017''; and
(B) in paragraph (3)(C)--
(i) in the heading, by striking ``Effect of late payment
for fiscal year 2014'' and inserting ``Payment for fiscal
years 2014 through 2017''; and
(ii) by striking ``and 2015'' and inserting ``through
2017''.
(4) Distribution of payments to eligible counties.--Section
103(d)(2) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7113(d)(2)) is amended
by striking ``2015'' and inserting ``2017''.
(b) Continuation of Authority to Conduct Special Projects
on Federal Land.--Section 208 of the Secure Rural Schools and
Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7128) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``2017'' and inserting
``2019''; and
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ``2018'' and inserting
``2020''.
(c) Continuation of Authority to Use County Funds.--Section
304 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7144) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``2017'' and inserting
``2019''; and
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ``2018'' and inserting
``2020''.
(d) No Reduction in Payment.--Title IV of the Secure Rural
Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16
U.S.C. 7151 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:

``SEC. 404. NO REDUCTION IN PAYMENTS.

``Payments under this Act for fiscal year 2016 and each
fiscal year thereafter shall be exempt from direct spending
reductions under section 251A of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a).''.
(e) Offset.--[Reserved]

SEC. __. PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--Section 6906 of title 31, United States
Code, is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking ``2014'' and inserting ``2016''.
(b) Offset.--[Reserved]
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