S.Amdt. 2386

SA 2386. Mr. ENZI (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, and Mr. Hatch) 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 end of division F, add the following:

TITLE LXII--ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 62001. PAYMENTS FROM ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND.

Section 411(h) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1240a(h)) is amended--

(1) in paragraph (1)(C)--

(A) by striking “Payments” and inserting the following:

“(i) In general.--Payments”; and

(B) by adding at the end the following:

“(ii) Certain payments required.--Not withstanding any other provision of this Act, as soon as practicable, of the 7 equal installments referred to in clause (i), the Secretary shall pay to any certified State or Indian tribe to which the total annual payment under this subsection was limited to $15,000,000 in 2013 and $28,000,000 in fiscal year 2014--

“(I) the final 2 installments in 2 separate payments of $82,700,000 each; and

“(II) 2 separate payments of $38,250,000 each.”; and

(2) by striking paragraphs (5) and (6).