S.Amdt. 2471

SA 2471. Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. Carper, and Mr. Menendez)
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 35, strike lines 13 through 22 and insert the
following:
``(C) State share.--Of the total amount described in
subparagraph (B) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall
allocate to each State for the fiscal year, based on the most
recent year data from the freight analysis framework--
``(i) 40 percent based on the ratio that--

``(I) the tonnage of rail, waterborne, highway, airport,
and pipeline freight moved in the State; bears to
``(II) the tonnage of that freight moved in all States;

``(ii) 40 percent based on the ratio that--

``(I) the value of rail, waterborne, highway, airport, and
pipeline freight moved in the State; bears to
``(II) the value of that freight moved in all States;

``(iii) 10 percent based on the ratio that--

``(I) the value of international product freight moved in
the State; bears to
``(II) the value of that freight moved in all States; and

``(iv) 10 percent based on the ratio that--

``(I) the tonnage of international product freight moved in
the State; bears to
``(II) the value of that freight moved in all States.

On page 871, strike lines 4 through line 15.
On page 871, line 16, strike ``(C)'' and insert ``(B)''.
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