S.Amdt. 2464

SA 2464. Mr. THUNE 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:

On page 577, strike lines 6 through 17, and insert the
following:
(a) Increase in Civil Penalties.--Section 30165(a) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``$5,000'' and inserting ``$21,000''; and
(B) by striking ``$35,000,000'' and inserting
``$105,000,000''; and
(2) in paragraph (3)--
(A) by striking ``$5,000'' and inserting ``$21,000''; and
(B) by striking ``$35,000,000'' and inserting
``$105,000,000''.
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