S.Amdt. 2433

SA 2433. Mr. DONNELLY (for himself and Mr. Flake) 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:

On page 38, strike lines 1 through 11 and insert the following:

“(ii) Adjustments to amounts.--

“(I) In general.--The initial amounts resulting from the calculation under clause (i) shall be adjusted to ensure that, for each State, the amount of combined apportionments for the programs shall not be less than an amount equal to--

“(aa) 95 percent of the applicable percentage; multiplied by

“(bb) the total amount of funds available for apportionment.

“(II) Applicable percentage.--For purposes of this clause, the applicable percentage shall be an amount, expressed as a percentage, equal to the quotient of--

“(aa) the estimated tax payments attributable to highway users in the State that were paid into the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for the fiscal year described in subclause (I); divided by

“(bb) the estimated total tax payments attributable to users in all States that were paid into the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for that fiscal year.