S.Amdt. 2473

SA 2473. Mr. BOOKER 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 172, lines 12 and 13, strike ``to, and enter into
cooperative agreements and contracts with,'' and insert ``,
which may include (but may not require, consistent with the
objective to expand and diversify the grantee pool to include
independent research efforts by private entities as a
mechanism to most effectively leverage limited Federal funds
and avoid duplication) entering into cooperative agreements
and contracts with''.
On page 174, strike lines 22 through 24 and insert the
following:
deployment of ITS band, cellular communication, and
autonomous vehicle technologies, as well as the operation,
systems management, intermodal integration, and
interoperability of the ITS spectrum band technologies--
On page 176, line 13, insert ``, cellular communication,
and autonomous vehicle'' after ``ITS''.
On page 177, line 15, insert ``, cellular communications,
and autonomous vehicle'' after ``ITS''.
On page 177, strike line 16 and insert the following:
``(F) if deployed in the ITS spectrum band, a plan to
ensure interoperability of the
On page 178, line 22, insert ``, cellular communications,
and autonomous vehicle technologies'' after ``of ITS''.
On page 179, strike lines 22 through 25 and insert the
following:
``(E) the implementation of intelligent transportation
systems and other technologies that improve highway safety
through information and communications systems onboard the
vehicle or linking vehicles,
On page 180, line 24, insert ``based on a comparative cost-
benefit analysis of ITS band, cellular communications, and
autonomous vehicle technologies'' before the period at the
end.
On page 184, line 9, insert ``, cellular communications,
and autonomous vehicle'' after ``ITS''.
On page 475, line 15, insert ``and safety'' after
``information''.
On page 475, line 21, insert ``, advanced driver assistance
systems, and autonomous vehicle technologies'' after
``applications''.
On page 477, line 9, insert ``, advanced driver assistance
systems, autonomous vehicle technologies,'' before ``and
commercial''.
On page 477, line 13, insert ``of ITS band technologies''
after ``interoperability''.
On page 477, line 17, insert ``only for ITS operations in
the ITS spectrum (5.9 MHz) band'' after ``tests''.
On page 478, lines 4 and 5, strike ``information systems
and networks'' and insert ``and safety information systems
and networks, including advanced driver assistance systems
and autonomous vehicle technologies''.
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