S.Amdt. 2373

SA 2373. Mrs. CAPITO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 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 title LXII of division F, add the following:

SEC. 62002. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN SANCTIONS UNDER CLEAN AIR ACT.

(a) In General.--None of the funds authorized to be appropriated pursuant to this Act shall be subject to any sanction under section 179(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7509(b)(1)) based on the failure of a State to comply with any proposed, modified, or final rule described in subsection (b).

(b) Description of Rule.--A rule referred to in subsection (a) is--

(1) any proposed or final rule to address carbon dioxide emissions from existing sources that are fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units under section 111 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411), including any final rule that succeeds--

(A) the proposed rule entitled “Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units” (79 Fed. Reg. 34830 (June 18, 2014)); or

(B) the supplemental proposed rule entitled “Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: EGUs in Indian Country and U.S. Territories; Multi-Jurisdictional Partnerships” (79 Fed. Reg. 65482 (November 4, 2014));

(2) any proposed or final rule, in whole or in part, under section 111 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411) that establishes a standard of performance for emissions of any greenhouse gas from any new source, modified source, or reconstructed source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit; or

(3) any national primary or secondary ambient air quality standard for ozone that is lower than the standard established under section 50.15 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on January 1, 2015).